Atoll Research Bulletin No. 136. Coral Islands of the Western Indian Ocean

• Main Author: Stoddart,D. R.
• Other Authors: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WASHINGTON D C
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1970
• Subjects: Biology; (*INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; *ECOLOGY); (*CORAL REEFS; ECOLOGY); GEOGRAPHY; PLANTS(BOTANY); BIRDS; AQUATIC ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; FISHES; TERRAIN; CLIMATE; INDIAN OCEAN; ISLANDS; PHOSPHATES; MINING ENGINEERING; LEPIDOPTERA; ANIMALS; INSECTS; ORNITHOLOGY; *ATOLLS; Eagle Island; Indian
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0714443; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0714443

Contents include: Geography and ecology of Farquhar Atoll; Plants of Farquhar Atoll; An old record of a Blue Piegon Alectroenas species and sea-birds on Farquhar and Providence; Geography and ecology of Cosmoledo Atoll; Plants of Cosmoledo Atoll; Land (including shore) birds of Cosmoledo; Geography and ecology of Astove; Plants of Astove; Note on the Lepidoptera of Astove Atoll; Land (including shore) birds of Astove; Ecological change and effects of phosphate mining; Plants of Assumption Island; Geography and ecology of Desroches; Plants of Desroches; Geography and ecology of Remire; Plants of Remire (Eagle) Island, Amirantes; Geography and ecology of African Banks; An introduction of Streptopelia picturata into the Amirantes; Geography and ecology of Tromelin Island; Some ornithological observations from the western Indian Ocean. See also report dated 28 May 60, PB-187 217.