A reef whitetip shark, Triaenodon obesus, snatches some food on a reef in the Bunaken group, North Sulawesi. Photograph by Ed Robinson/IKAN.
The most dramatic animal in this composition is a beautiful gorgonian in the very unusual genus Semperina. Selayar Island. Photograph by Mike Severns.
Diving
Indonesia
A GUIDE TO WORLD'S
GREATEST DIVING
Kal Muller
Edited by David Pickell
PERIPLUS
Published by Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.
Copyright © 1999 Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
ISBN: 978-1-4629-0915-5 (ebook)
Printed in Singapore
Publisher: Eric Oey
Editor: David Pickell
Production: Mary Chia
Cartography: David Pickell, Violet Wong
Design: David Pickell
Distributors
Asia-Pacific
Berkeley Books Pte. Ltd.
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Singapore 534167
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Web site: www.periplus.com
Indonesia
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Cover: Diver in Irian Jaya, hovering near soft coral and crinoid. Photograph by Mark Strickland.
Contents
INTRODUCING INDONESIA
DIVING IN INDONESIA
Fantastic Diving, but Kafkaesque Transport
REEF ECOLOGY
Coral Growth and the Formation of Reefs
David Pickell
FEATURE:
Zooxanthellae and Corals
David Pickell
FEATURE:
Trepang Fishing
David Pickell
FEATURE:
Biak Fish Bomb Industry
David Pickell
MAP: Padaido Islands
MARINE LIFE
The Varied Inhabitants of Indonesia's Reefs
Charles Anderson, David Pickell
FEATURE:
Discovering New Species
Rudie Kuiter
FEATURE:
Clownfish and their Sea Anemone Hosts
David Pickell
FEATURE:
Ciguatera Poisoning
David Pickell
INTRODUCTION
Janet Boileau, Debe Campbell
MAP: Java
WEST JAVA
Diving Krakatau and Ujung Kulon Park
Janet Boileau, Debe Campbell
MAP: West Java
PULAU-PULAU SERIBU
Diving on Java's Thousand Islands'
Janet Boileau, Debe Campbell
MAP: Pulau-Pulau Seribu
BINTAN
Good, Shallow Diving Close to Singapore
