Coral Reefs of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
An Appraisal of the Extent and Geomorphological Diversity of the Coral Reefs of the United Kingdom Dependent Territories....Pages 1-11
Coral Reefs of Anguilla....Pages 13-22
Introduction to Reefs and Shorelines of the British Virgin Islands....Pages 23-35
Marine Protected Areas and Management in the British Virgin Islands....Pages 37-46
Anegada: An Emergent Pleistocene Reef Island....Pages 47-60
Coral Reefs of the Cayman Islands....Pages 61-68
Biology and Ecology of the Coral Reefs of the Cayman Islands....Pages 69-88
Coral Reefs of Montserrat....Pages 89-96
The Reefs of the Turks and Caicos Islands....Pages 97-114
Introduction to Bermuda: Geology, Oceanography and Climate....Pages 115-133
Biology and Ecology of Corals and Fishes on the Bermuda Platform....Pages 135-151
Biogeography, Biodiversity and Connectivity of Bermuda’s Coral Reefs....Pages 153-172
Threats to Coral Reefs of Bermuda....Pages 173-188
Scleractinia, Octocorallia and Antipatharia of Bermuda’s Reefs and Deep-Water Coral Communities: A Taxonomic Perspective Including New Records....Pages 189-200
Total Economic Value of Bermuda’s Coral Reefs: A Summary....Pages 201-211
Ascension Island’s Hermatypic but Non-Reef Building Corals....Pages 213-221
British Indian Ocean Territory (the Chagos Archipelago): Setting, Connections and the Marine Protected Area....Pages 223-240
Coral Reefs of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean....Pages 241-252
The Status of Coral Reef Fish Assemblages in the Chagos Archipelago, with Implications for Protected Area Management and Climate Change....Pages 253-270
Coral Islands of the British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago)....Pages 271-282
Contaminants, Pollution and Potential Anthropogenic Impacts in Chagos/BIOT....Pages 283-298
Coral Reefs of the Pitcairn Islands....Pages 299-318
Back Matter....Pages 319-323