Subantarctic Macquarie Island:environment and biology
Drawing on the authors' observations and the published work of others, the book describes this island nature reserve which has UNESCO Biosphere status. Chapters make a survey of: its discovery and human occupation; the island and its setting (including physiography, the Southern Ocean and clima...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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1990
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| Online Access: | https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/5235e8af-1c4a-4d54-a28d-afe1edf857a9 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85040889442&partnerID=8YFLogxK |
| Summary: | Drawing on the authors' observations and the published work of others, the book describes this island nature reserve which has UNESCO Biosphere status. Chapters make a survey of: its discovery and human occupation; the island and its setting (including physiography, the Southern Ocean and climate); the island's origin and geology (including seismicity, topography, tectonics, dating and general geology, the volcanic and sedimentary rock sequence, dyke swarm complexes and other rock types); geomorphology and Quaternary history (faulting, uplift, sea-level changes and coastal erosion, glaciation, erosion, periglacial phenomena and vegetation history); the island's vegetation; lakes; the island's birds; indigenous and introduced mammals; microbiology, parasitology and terrestrial arthropods; the nearshore environment; and human impacts. The reference list is comprehensive. -J.W.Cooper |
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