World Atlas of Coral Reefs
- ISBN-10
- 0520232550
- ISBN-13
- 9780520232556
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 424
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Authors
- Mark Spalding, Corinna Ravilious, Edmund Peter Green
Description
Provides photographs and text to discuss the geographic distribution and conservation status of coral reefs in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific, the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia, and the Pacific.
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