Life and Death Of Coral Reefs

Life and Death Of Coral Reefs
Author: Charles Birkeland
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 564
Release: 1997-01-31
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780412035418

Illustrated throughout, this book presents what is known about factors that "shift the balance" between accretion and erosion, recruitment and mortality, stony corals and filamentous algae, recovery and degradation - the life and death of coral reefs.

The Coral Sea

The Coral Sea
Author: Patti Smith
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 76
Release: 1997
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780393316261

In linked pieces, singer/songwriter Patti Smith tells the story of a man on a journey to see the Southern Cross, who is reflecting upon his life and fighting the illness that is consuming him. Through this collection of metaphoric and dreamy poems, "a singular, glowing vision of Robert Mapplethorpe develops and emerges" (William S. Burroughs). Photos.