20030407125929 Wiens, Herold J. (Herold Jacob), 1912-1971. Atoll environment and ecology / by Herold J. Wiens. New Haven : Yale University Press, c1962. xxii, 532 p., [44] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 485-504) and index. Atoll definition and the atoll environment -- The geography of the physical characteristics of atolls -- The topography and geology of an atoll reef -- The evolution of coral atolls: evidence and theory -- The dynamics of atoll morphology -- Weather and climate in the Pacific atoll realm -- Pacific equatorial currents, swells and waves -- Lagoon circulation, temperature, salinity and light -- The geographic distribution of atoll marine fauna -- Atoll marine biota, habitats and ecology -- Marine biological relationships and nutrition -- Marine fauna dangerous to man -- Atoll sea and shore birds -- Atoll land: the fresh-water problem -- Atoll land: soil character and types -- Plant origins on atoll islands -- Atoll land plant distribution and association -- Atoll terrestrial fauna -- Man in atoll ecology. Coral reef ecology. Coral reefs and islands. Coral reef biology. Coral reef organisms. SWFSC Santa Cruz Laboratory Library, Santa Cruz, CA|STACKS|QH541.5.C7 W5|BOOK|1 SWFSC La Jolla Laboratory Library, La Jolla, CA|STACKS|QH541.5.C7 W5|BOOK|1 SWFSC Honolulu Laboratory Library, Honolulu, HI|STACKS|QH541.5.C7 W5 1962|BOOK|1 None 180 -180 -90 90 OCoLC-ocm01685897 publication CoRIS Bibliographic