Krakatau: The Destruction and Reassembly of an Island Ecosystem
- ISBN-10
- 0674505727
- ISBN-13
- 9780674505728
- Category
- Biotic communities
- Pages
- 346
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Ian W. B. Thornton
Description
Nine months after the explosion, a French expedition searching for signs of life discovered a single spider that had crossed to the island on a balloon of silk. Life had returned to Krakatau. Scientists have been studying the island ever since.
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