Coral reef science :
ix, 101 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. - (Coral reefs of the world ; v 5.) Content notes : 1. Life history and stress response of Scleractinian corals --
2. Chemical-biological characteristics of coral reef ecosystem at micro/nano scale: effect of multiple and synergistic stresses --
3. Coupling remote sensing and coral annual band data to investigate the history of catchment land use and coral reef status --
4. a review of coral studies of the Ryukyu Island arc to reconstruct its long-term landscape history --
5. Producing plaster: traditional uses and knowledge of coral on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa --
6. Possible articulations between the practices of local inhabitants and academic outcomes of landscape history: ecotourism on Ishigaki Island --
7. Response of coral reefs to global warming --
8. Atmospheric deposition of reactive nitrogen as a regional-scale eutrophication stress on the coral reef ecosystem. Coral reef management. Coral reefs and islands - Monitoring.