Succesion on Lava |
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| Compiled by:
| Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Staff, |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60835-772-7 |
| Publisher: | Encyclopaedia Britannica, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | DVD-ROM |
| List Price: | USD $49.99 |
Book Description:
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By destroying all life around them, volcanic eruptions provide ideal demonstrations of the order in which life reestablishes itself on lava. This film is a pictorial history of that process, opening with the spectacular 1969 Kilauea eruption, then moving directly to the aftermath of destruction. Because the Hawaiian Islands have so many volcanoes in varying stages of age and activity, the film can trace the ecological succession on lava flows from the appearance of the first blue-green...
More DescriptionBy destroying all life around them, volcanic eruptions provide ideal demonstrations of the order in which life reestablishes itself on lava. This film is a pictorial history of that process, opening with the spectacular 1969 Kilauea eruption, then moving directly to the aftermath of destruction. Because the Hawaiian Islands have so many volcanoes in varying stages of age and activity, the film can trace the ecological succession on lava flows from the appearance of the first blue-green algae to the establishment of a mature biotic community--a succession that ordinarily spans centuries.