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Title:

Underwater Eden : saving the last coral wilderness on earth / edited by Gregory S. Stone & David Obura.

Publisher:

The University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2013, ©2013

Description:

xi, 170 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 26 cm

Subject:

Coral reef conservation--Phoenix Islands.--Phoenix Islands.
Coral reefs and islands--Phoenix Islands.--Phoenix Islands.
Phoenix Islands (Kiribati)--Environmental conditions.

Other Authors:

Stone, Gregory S.
Obura, David O.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-156) and index.

Contents:

In search of paradise / Gregory S. Stone -- History through a watery lens / Christopher Pala -- Parade of the bumpheads : Orona / Gerald R. Allen and Steven L. Bailey -- Birds and invaders : Rawaki / Raymond J. Pierce -- Beautiful aliens : the invertebrates / Mary Jane Adams -- Coral reefs and climate change / David Obura and Randi D. Rotjan -- Ecotourism in paradise : Kanton / Robert Barrel -- Protecting paradise / Eduard Niesten and Peter Shelley -- The future of the Phoenix Islands / Gregory S. Stone, David Obura, Sue Miller-Taei, and Tukabu Teroroko -- Living blue : making choices with the ocean in mind / Heather Tausig -- Phoenix Islands timeline -- Appendix : New England Aquarium research expeditions to the Phoenix Islands -- Species tally.

ISBN:

0226775607 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780226775609 (cloth : alkaline paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)781939952

LCCN:

2012012025

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)