Coral Reefs of the Eastern Tropical Pacific: Persistence and Loss in a Dynamic Environment

Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
History of Eastern Pacific Coral Reef Research....Pages 1-37
Revisiting the Cenozoic History and the Origin of the Eastern Pacific Coral Fauna....Pages 39-57
Oceanographic Conditions of the Eastern Tropical Pacific....Pages 59-83
El Niño and Southern Oscillation (ENSO): A Review....Pages 85-106
Eastern Pacific Coral Reef Provinces, Coral Community Structure and Composition: An Overview....Pages 107-176
Holocene Reef Development in the Eastern Tropical Pacific....Pages 177-201
Marine Biodiversity of Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Reefs....Pages 203-250
El Niño-Southern Oscillation: Effects on Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs and Associated Biota....Pages 251-290
Trophodynamics of Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs....Pages 291-314
Corallivory in the Eastern Pacific....Pages 315-337
Algal Dynamics: Alternate Stable States of Reefs in the Eastern Tropical Pacific....Pages 339-367
Coral Reef Bioerosion in the Eastern Tropical Pacific....Pages 369-403
Diversity, Distribution and Stability of Symbiodinium in Reef Corals of the Eastern Tropical Pacific....Pages 405-420
Insights from the Application of Genetics on Pocillopora-Symbiodinium Associations in the Eastern Tropical Pacific....Pages 421-433
Coral Reproduction in the Eastern Pacific....Pages 435-476
Gene Flow in Coral Reef Organisms of the Tropical Eastern Pacific....Pages 477-499
Thermal Refuges and Refugia for Stony Corals in the Eastern Tropical Pacific....Pages 501-515
Effects of Global Warming and Ocean Acidification on Carbonate Budgets of Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs....Pages 517-533
Reef-Based Reconstructions of Eastern Pacific Climate Variability....Pages 535-548
Human Influences On Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Communities and Coral Reefs....Pages 549-563
Coral Reef Conservation in the Eastern Tropical Pacific....Pages 565-591
Field Guide to Select Eastern Pacific Corals and Associated Coral Reef Biota....Pages 593-637
Back Matter....Pages 639-657