Reef evolution/

Wood, Rachel

Reef evolution/ Rachel Wood - Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. - xi, 414 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

PART I: INTRODUCTION TO REEFS: BOTH ANCIENT AND MODERN: An introduction to reefs --
The recognition of ancient reefs --
The record: ancient reef ecologies --
PART II: ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS: The role of physicochemical change --
Mass extinctions: collapse and recovery --
PART III: EVOLUTIONARY INNOVATION: Life on a substrate: trends in form and function --
The rise of biological disturbance --
Photosymbiosis: access to a new metabolic capacity.

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Paleontology
Reef ecology
Animal communities

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