At the Heart of the Coral Triangle: Celebrating Biodiversity by Alan J Powderham -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Acknowledgements Contents Foreword Introduction Chapter 1 Seascapes

Passing perfection? The deep diversity of the shallow reef Uncommon gardens Anemone city Life's a beach Safe haven The sounds of silence Finding a sweet spot School time

Chapter 2 Fish portraits

Intelligent life The sunfish's tale Captivating mimicry Colourful confusion Pigment patterns Trigger happy Boxing clever Midas touch Horse sense Pygmy seahorses Manta rays The wonders of whale sharks 54

Chapter 3 Invertebrates

Lords of the rings Fatal attraction Stars and stripes Marbled exotica Sitting tenants Eccentric shrimps Beauty and the beast Antennae range Changing the guard Aliens Poetry in mantles The lost chord

Chapter 4 Predation

The first link Flying carpets Bubble netted jacks The art of ambush Goby dessert Sneak attack Twice bitten Fishing fans Legless in Ambon Stunning weapons Night watch Strange intelligence

Chapter 5 Reproduction

Naked ambition A brittle embrace Anemone invasion Endangered yet invasive Plagues and pufferfish Pipe dreams Replicating rainbows Flasher frenetics

Chapter 6 Behaviour

The shape of water Manta opportunists Juvenile behaviour Hide and seek Dancing classes Shape shifters Mercury rising Coconut octopus See-through security Vanishing act Dressed to the nines Pirates and bonsai anemones

viiChapter 7 Symbiosis

Constructive synergy Ménage à trois Gardening in a ring of fire Candy crabs Symbiotic embedments Clinging together Taken to the cleaners? Cleaning interrupted An odd couple A double mystery

Chapter 8 Reptiles

A breath of fresh air Resident evil Turning turtle Becoming vegan

Chapter 9 Conservation

Climate change Destructive fishing methods Unsafe harbour Exotic invaders The small majority and Darwin's Paradox Beneath the volcano

Appendix

Abbreviations Equipment Maps Glossary

Photo guide