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Coral Reefs of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories

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Editors:
  1. Charles R.C. Sheppard

    1. , School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

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  • This volume presents new and successful management methods for threatened marine ecosystems
  • A description of the importance and immense biological wealth of these coral reefs
  • Aspects such as geology, oceanography, climate, biogeography, biodiversity, connectivity and pollution are detailed
  • Distinctly presents reefs and deep-water coral communities (taxonomy), marine protected areas and status of coral reef fish assemblages

Part of the book series: Coral Reefs of the World (CORW)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. An Appraisal of the Extent and Geomorphological Diversity of the Coral Reefs of the United Kingdom Dependent Territories

    • S. Hamylton, S. Andréfouët
    Pages 1-11

  3. Coral Reefs of Anguilla

    • Stuart P. Wynne
    Pages 13-22

  4. Introduction to Reefs and Shorelines of the British Virgin Islands

    • Shannon Gore
    Pages 23-35

  5. Marine Protected Areas and Management in the British Virgin Islands

    • Nancy Woodfield Pascoe, Joseph Smith-Abbott, Shannon Gore
    Pages 37-46

  6. Anegada: An Emergent Pleistocene Reef Island

    • Shannon Gore
    Pages 47-60

  7. Coral Reefs of the Cayman Islands

    • Alan Logan
    Pages 61-68

  8. Biology and Ecology of the Coral Reefs of the Cayman Islands

    • John R. Turner, Croy McCoy, Matt Cottam, Jeremy Olynik, Austin Timothy, Janice Blumenthal et al.
    Pages 69-88

  9. Coral Reefs of Montserrat

    • Andrew Myers
    Pages 89-96

  10. The Reefs of the Turks and Caicos Islands

    • Alan Logan, Kathleen Sullivan Sealey
    Pages 97-114

  11. Introduction to Bermuda: Geology, Oceanography and Climate

    • Kathryn A. Coates, James W. Fourqurean, W. Judson Kenworthy, Alan Logan, Sarah A. Manuel, Struan R. Smith
    Pages 115-133

  12. Biology and Ecology of Corals and Fishes on the Bermuda Platform

    • Struan R. Smith, Samantha de Putron, Thad J. T. Murdoch, Joanna M. Pitt, Ivan Nagelkerken
    Pages 135-151

  13. Biogeography, Biodiversity and Connectivity of Bermuda’s Coral Reefs

    • Jan M. Locke, Kathryn A. Coates, Jaret P. Bilewitch, Lyndsey P. Holland, Joanna M. Pitt, Struan R. Smith et al.
    Pages 153-172

  14. Threats to Coral Reefs of Bermuda

    • Struan R. Smith, Samia Sarkis, Thad J. T. Murdoch, Ernesto Weil, Aldo Croquer, Nicholas R. Bates et al.
    Pages 173-188

  15. Scleractinia, Octocorallia and Antipatharia of Bermuda’s Reefs and Deep-Water Coral Communities: A Taxonomic Perspective Including New Records

    • Jan M. Locke, Jaret P. Bilewitch, Kathryn A. Coates
    Pages 189-200

  16. Total Economic Value of Bermuda’s Coral Reefs: A Summary

    • Samia Sarkis, Pieter J. H. van Beukering, Emily McKenzie, Luke Brander, Sebastiaan Hess, Tadzio Bervoets et al.
    Pages 201-211

  17. Ascension Island’s Hermatypic but Non-Reef Building Corals

    • Robert Irving
    Pages 213-221

  18. British Indian Ocean Territory (the Chagos Archipelago): Setting, Connections and the Marine Protected Area

    • Charles R. C. Sheppard, Brian W. Bowen, Allen C. Chen, Matthew T. Craig, Jeff Eble, Nancy Fitzsimmons et al.
    Pages 223-240

  19. Coral Reefs of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean

    • Charles R. C. Sheppard, Mebs Ateweberhan, Allen C. Chen, Alasdair Harris, Rachel Jones, Shashank Keshavmurthy et al.
    Pages 241-252

  20. The Status of Coral Reef Fish Assemblages in the Chagos Archipelago, with Implications for Protected Area Management and Climate Change

    • Nicholas A. J. Graham, Morgan S. Pratchett, Tim R. McClanahan, Shaun K. Wilson
    Pages 253-270
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About this book

The tropical UK Territories have extensive coral reefs.  Huge parts of these areas are exceptionally rich, productive and diverse.  Their marine biodiversity exceeds that of the UK itself, and several are already, or are planned to be, strictly protected.  Some of these areas serve as reference sites for many other countries with damaged reefs and they are oases of tropical marine biodiversity in a fast-degrading world.  This book reviews all of the UK reefs, from those scarcely known to those where substantial research has already been performed.  ​

Reviews

From the reviews:

“Coral Reefs of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories gives a broad overview of the eight major UK overseas territories … . A beautiful book which I can recommend to teachers, interested students and libraries.” (Branko Velimirov, Marine Ecology, Vol. 35, 2014)

“Chapter narratives are clear and comprehensible to nonspecialists. Each of the 22 chapters contains extensive, relevant literature citations. Figure quality, table organization, and editorial rigor are good throughout. Although the topic appears narrow, this work is a good source of information on coral biology for both specialists and nonspecialists. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (S. R. Fegley, Choice, Vol. 51 (3), November, 2013)

Editors and Affiliations

  • , School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom

    Charles R.C. Sheppard

About the editor

Charles Sheppard is a professor at Warwick University, UK. He is actively involved with reef research in many countries, advises several governments and industries, and is editor of a large marine environmental science journal. He has written numerous papers and articles, and this is the tenth book he has written or edited on marine environmental science.

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