Atlas of coastal ecosystems in the western Gulf of California : tracking limestone deposits on the margin of a young sea by Johnson, Markes E; Ledesma-Vázquez, Jorge instant download

Atlas of coastal ecosystems in the western Gulf of California : tracking limestone deposits on the margin of a young sea by Johnson, Markes E; Ledesma-Vázquez, Jorge instant download

ix, 189 p. : 29 cm. +, Includes bibliographical references and index, Gulf of California geography, geological origins, oceanography, and sedimentation patterns / Jorge Ledesma-Vázquez ... [et al.] -- Peninsular and island rocky shores in the Gulf of California / David H. Backus, Markes E. Johnson, and Jorge Ledesma-Vázquez -- Pliocene and Pleistocene development of peninsular and island rocky shores in the Gulf of California / Markes E. Johnson and Jorge Ledesma-Vázquez -- Corals and coral-reef communities in the Gulf of California / Héctor Reyes-Bonilla and Ramón Andrés López-Pérez -- Coral diversification in the Gulf of California during the late Miocene to Pleistocene / Ramón Andrés López-Pérez and Ann F. Budd -- Living rhodolith bed ecosystems in the Gulf of California / Diana L. Steller, Rafael Riosmena-Rodríguez, and Michael S. Foster -- Contribution of rhodoliths to the generation of Pliocene-Pleistocene limestone in the Gulf of California / Markes E. Johnson, David H. Backus, and Rafael Riosmena-Rodríguez -- Ecological changes on the Colorado River Delta : the shelly fauna evidence / Guillermo E. Avila-Serrano, Miguel A. Téllez-Duarte, and Karl W. Flessa -- Growth of Pliocene-Pleistocene clam banks (Mollusca, Bivalvia) and related tectonic constraints in the Gulf of California / Markes E. Johnson, Jorge Ledesma-Vázquez, and Astrid Y. Montiel-Boehringer -- Sand dunes on peninsular and island shores in the Gulf of California / David H. Backus and Markes E. Johnson -- Beach deflation and accrual of Pliocene-Pleistocene coastal dunes of the Gulf of California region / Markes E. Johnson and David H. Backus -- Active geothermal springs and Pliocene-Pleistocene examples / Matthew J. Forrest and Jorge Ledesma-Vázquez