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... reef five miles from South Africa's southernmost point of land on February 27 , 1971. Hundreds of sea birds and much marine life perished along ten miles of this magnificent coast . The tanker was eventually floated off the reef , towed ...
... reef five miles from South Africa's southernmost point of land on February 27 , 1971. Hundreds of sea birds and much marine life perished along ten miles of this magnificent coast . The tanker was eventually floated off the reef , towed ...
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David W. Ehrenfeld. Porthleven Reef , England , May 8 , 1967. Barnacles at high - water mark almost all killed by detergent cleansing operations . ( Courtesy A. J. Southward- Marine Biological Association ) decrease in number or become ...
David W. Ehrenfeld. Porthleven Reef , England , May 8 , 1967. Barnacles at high - water mark almost all killed by detergent cleansing operations . ( Courtesy A. J. Southward- Marine Biological Association ) decrease in number or become ...
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... reefs around Guam , Palau , Truk , Rota , Johnston Island , Wake , and other islands , as well as parts of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia , have been killed by this predatory starfish . The situation is serious , for when the reef ...
... reefs around Guam , Palau , Truk , Rota , Johnston Island , Wake , and other islands , as well as parts of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia , have been killed by this predatory starfish . The situation is serious , for when the reef ...
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Introduction | 3 |
Ecology and ManMade Change | 24 |
Pollution Industrial Accidents and Species Manipulations | 80 |
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