Bücher der Reihe Cambridge Studies in Modern Biology

First published in 1984, this attractively illustrated volume surveys the world of marine biology as revealed to the underwater diver.

This book summarises what is known of the formation and fate of lagoons, the lagoonal environment, lagoonal ecology, the strategies of lagoonal species, the human use of lagoons, besides containing a general introduction and a section on methods for the study of coastal lagoons.