[PDF] Living Oceans Foundation Atlas Of Shallow Marine Habitats Of Cay Sal Bank Great Inagua Little Inagua And Hogsty Reef eBook

Author : Andrew Bruckner
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Page : 344 pages
File Size : 31,64 MB
Release : 2014-09-04
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ISBN : 9780983561132

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Habitat maps, bathymetric maps, satellite imagery, and coral reef ecosystem and organism descriptions of Cay Sal, Hogsty Reef and Great and Little Inagua, Bahamas

Author : Andrew W. Bruckner
Publisher :
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 37,72 MB
Release : 2011-12-20
Category : Bahamas
ISBN : 9780983561118

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"The Bahamas Atlas, Atlas of Shallow Marine Habitats of Cay Sal Bank, Great Inagua, Little Inagua and Hogsty Reef, Bahamas, is the result of months of underwater research to survey and map the seafloor. The Atlas combines advanced satellite imagery, aerial photography, and data from hundreds of research dives into the first-ever high-resolution coral reef ecosystem maps of many of Bahamas reefs. In 2011, scientists and divers from the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, Bahamas National Trust, the Department of Marine Resources, The Nature Conservancy, the National Coral Reef Institute, and the Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment Program joined forces to complete comprehensive scientific surveys of Bahamian reefs including Cay Sal Bank, the Inaguas, and Hogsty Reef. This is first of the underwater Atlases published from the world’s largest coral reef study, the Global Reef Expedition, which was launched in The Bahamas in 2011"--Summary.

Author : Nathaniel Lord Britton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 707 pages
File Size : 12,6 MB
Release : 2015-06-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781330010945

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Excerpt from The Bahama Flora The numerous Bahama Islands form an archipelago situated east of Florida and north of Cuba and Hispaniola, comprising 29 islands, 661 cays and 2387 rocks with a total land area of about 4424 square miles; the nearest island to the Florida coast is Gun Cay, distant about 40 miles nearly east from Cape Florida; the island nearest Cuba is the little Cay Sal, about 35 miles north, across the Nicholas Channel, while the nearest to Hispaniola is Great Inagua, lying about 60 miles north of Cape St. Nicholas. The axis of the archipelago is in a general way northwest and southeast, with a total Length of over 600 miles; the greatest width, disregarding the islands of the outlying Cay Sal Bank, from Gun Cay to Man-of-War Cay, Abaco, is about 150 miles. The most northern cays of the Little Bahama Bank north of the Great Bahama Island are in north latitude about 27° 30' ;the southern side of Great Inagua is in north latitude about 20° 55'. Gun Cay is in west longitude about 79° 20'; cays of the Turks Islands are in west longitude about 71° 10'. The many islands and cays stand on banks, in shallow water, with oceanic depths among and between them. The region has, doubtless, been subjected to alternate periods of uplift and depression in past geologic time, but the vertical movements have probably been relatively small; during times of uplift, some of the present islands may have been connected, but there is no evidence that there ever was land connection with either Florida, Cuba or Hispaniola. Most of the islands are low, but hilly and rocky, the ranges of hills usually running lengthwise of the island; on New Providence, the hills rise to about 100 feet elevation; on Cat Island, aneroid barometer readings indicated altitudes up to 205 feet (published records of greater elevations on Cat Island were not substantiated by our observations); on Watling's Island, hills rise to about 140 feet. Most of Andros, the Great Bahama and Abaco are low and nearly level. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Jill Keppeler
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Page : pages
File Size : 30,88 MB
Release : 2021-08
Category : Marine ecology
ISBN : 9781538264508

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"Vast numbers of Earth's plants and animals live in the planet's oceans-but scientists estimate we know about far less than half of them! It may be impossible to know just how many creatures live there, but it's clear that marine habitats are home to thousands of species. In this intriguing book, readers will get a peek into one of the most unusual, least known habitats on the planet. From brightly colored (and endangered) coral reefs to the darkest of ocean depths, this volume will fascinate kids with information about Earth's most mysterious habitat"--

Author : Hildegard Westphal
Publisher : Springer
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 22,33 MB
Release : 2010-08-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789048193639

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Carbonate sediments are of increasing relevance for archives of past environmental conditions and for economical reasons in areas of geothermal energy and hydrocarbon reservoirs. Complex interaction of physical and chemical parameters with biological parameters determines the architecture and composition of carbonate sedimentary bodies. This book closes some of the still existing gaps in our understanding of the influence and interplay of physical, chemical, and biological parameters with carbonate sedimentation. An understanding of this interaction is not only required for reliable prediction of reservoir quality but also for a robust interpretation of environmental conditions in the past and the present. It is written by geologists for geologists in order to provide an easily accessible overview of the large amount of relevant information provided by the neighbouring sciences. The approach of the book is to document the modern depositional environments of three classical areas of carbonate deposition, each characteristic for a specific sedimentological setting (isolated platform, attached shelf, ramp) in order to assess both the range of physical, biological and chemical parameters and their sedimentary response. This book presents a comprehensive compilation based on data from published work and unpublished theses, and the integration of these data in order to extract previously undiscovered relationships between the discussed parameters and carbonate deposition.

Author : Heather R. Cunningham
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 36,14 MB
Release : 2018-11-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 1421425955

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It will appeal to both amateurs and professionals interested in herpetology, natural history, or ecology, as well as those with a special interest in Maryland's biodiversity.