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Coral reefs have been long regarded with awe by the millions of people who have encountered them over the centuries. Early seafarers were wary of them, naturalists were confused by them, yet many coastal people benefited greatly from these mysterious rocky structures that grew up to the
surface of the sea. They have been rich in their supply of food, and they provided a breakwater from storms and high waves to countless coastal communities that developed from their protection. Their scale is enormous and their value high. Found in countless locations around the world, from the
Indo-Pacific coral reef province to the Caribbean and Australia, t
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Coral Reefs: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Charles Sheppard Book Review
Name: John P. Jones III
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The latter half…
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 20, 2017
Review: It is Jacques Cousteau who is largely credited with being the prime inventor of the “on-demand” air regulator for what is now called Scuba diving. It was only after the Second World War that diving, as a sport, became available to the general public, thanks to this regulator and tanks of compressed air that could be worn by the diver. 70% of the planet therefore could now much more readily be explored, at least to 50 meters, which is generally considered the limit for sports diving. I commenced diving in the late 70’s, and the vast majority of it was done in the ‘80’s, in the Red Sea, the Arabian Gulf and the Maldives. Virtually all of the books on the diving world that I have read date from that area, and thus I have been largely unaware of subsequent developments, save for the occasional articles in the general media about the coral reefs dying due to global warming. An update was long overdue. And I have found other works in the “very short introduction” series extremely informative.
Charles Sheppard, is a professor of Life Sciences at the University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. He credits Charles Darwin, and his famous trip on the “Beagle” as being a turning point in coral reef science, positing correctly how they develop on atolls. Those vast limestone reefs are the remains of many small creatures. Reefs are mainly found in warm tropical waters, and there is a useful map showing their distribution. I found much new information, in regards to the advances in our knowledge, as well as confirmations that much is still unknown. In particular I found chapter five most informative on the microbial and planktonic engines of the reef. Microbes on grains of sand, as well as viruses, can be filtered by sponges for food. The reproductive times for some cells are prodigious, with ten doublings recorded in a single day. In terms of confirmations of the unknown, Sheppard states that we still do not know why clown fish are not stung by the tentacles of the host anemones. Likewise, we have no idea, still, what causes outbreaks of starfish epidemics that will devastate a reef.
I did have several problems with this work. Mindful that this is a “short introduction,” nonetheless, I did not find that Sheppard provided sufficient and concise explanations on various topics. Sometimes he would use a label without defining it. For example: “The main reef-building animals of today, the scleractinian corals, came to dominance about 240 million years ago. These are cnidarians, but what exactly they developed from is debated.” “Scleractinian”? “Cnidarians”? Neither are defined, nor differentiated from their “non”-s. Later, he says: “…which are coelenterate animals.” I found the use of the ratio between two isotopes of nitrogen to be a useful tool for determining consumption patterns, but Sheppard omits the explanation why it changes as one moves “up” the food chain from herbivores to carnivores. I also had no idea that butterfly fish were territorial. Sheppard mentions an experiment that proved it, but did not provide the details. And I had never heard of the Chagos Archipelago, where he has obviously dived. I had to rely on Google to find it for me.
Turns out that it is 500 km south of the Maldives. I did not know that all that natives were forced to move from this island chain, in the late ‘60’s, so that the Americans could create an airbase for their B-52’s, at the largest island, Diego Garcia. As a result of this forced move, the “biomass” of the surrounding reefs are much higher than anywhere else in the world, since there are no natives (or others) fishing there.
“The elephant in the room,” as Sheppard correctly terms it. Despite some of my frustrations, he deserves kudos for frankly stating what the main causative factor is in the degradation of the reefs, essentially in the span of one lifetime: “Carefully avoided in many scientific discussions, conferences, government reports, and papers is the issue of human population. Indeed, in many conferences, it is deemed to be a subject that is out of bounds. Rising numbers of people, and their desire for higher standards of living, put increasing demands on natural resources.” The problem, in that proverbial nutshell. And that is the underlying reason behind global warming. Overall, for noting both the problem and its avoidance at conferences, Shepard deserves a “plus” after my 4-star rating.
Name: HMS Warspite
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Coral reefs: More than meets the eye…
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 18, 2019
Review: “Coral Reefs” is another entry in the Oxford “A Very Short Introduction” Series. It turns out that coral reefs are lot more complex than they may seem to the eye of the recreational snorkeler or diver. In fact, as the author explains, they are a remarkable form of marine life, amazingly complex and amazingly productive.
The author considerately uses non-technical language. The narrative is easy to follow, and is helped along by a few simple explanatory charts and photographs. The last quarter of the book is about man’s interaction with coral reefs, including, perhaps inevitably, a long closing speech on climate change. Recommended as a good introduction to the topic.
Name: Patrick
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 25, 2018
Review: An excellent, very readable introduction to the topic.
Name: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Five Stars
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 29, 2017
Review: Easy to read with great information
Name: Carol Hand
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Five Stars
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 14, 2016
Review: Excellent — clear, concise, well-written.
