editado por Nemer E. Narchi, Lisa L. Price. -- Cham : Springer, 2015.

xviii, 240 p.; 24 cm.

ISBN 978-3-319-23762-6.

Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.

Contenido: Introduction -- Seeing corals with Darwins Eye of reason: discovering an image of a tropical atoll in the english countryside -- The reef sulphur cycle: influence on climate and ecosystem services -- Symbols at war. The impact of Corallium rubrum in the Indo-Pakistani subcontinent -- Ethnobiology of Corallium rubrum: protection, healing, medicine, and magic -- Corals and coralline organisms in seri culture: traditional and modern uses -- Puka Mai He Koa: the significance of corals in Hawaiian culture -- Coral gardens of the dumo people of Papua New Guinea: a preliminary account -- The catch of Maui: coral gardens in the past and present of the Tongan islands -- Change in Roviana Lagoon coral reef ethnobiology -- Rocky reefs: preserving biodiversity for the benefit of the communities in the aquarium of the world -- Conservation of corals in the Colombian Caribbean.