Marine Biology (Castro), 9th Edition

Chapter 14: Coral Reefs

For Further Reading

Benchley, P., 2002. Cuba reefs. National Geographic, vol. 201, no. 2, February, pp. 44–67. The reefs and coral keys of Cuba are home to spectacular gardens of sponges, fishes, and other organisms.

Chadwick, D. H., 2001. Kingdom of coral: Australia s Great Barrier Reef. National Geographic, vol. 199, no. 1, January, pp. 30–57. A fabulous tour of the earth s largest reef area.

Freiwald, A., J. H. Fosså, A. Grehan, T. Koslow, and J. M. Roberts, 2004. Coldwater coral reefs: Out of sight—no longer out of mind. UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, 84 pp. Descriptions and photos of deep-water coral communities.

Maragos, J. and D. Gulko (Editors), 2002. Coral reef ecosystems of the northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Interim results emphasizing the 2000 surveys. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Honolulu, Hawaii, 46 pages.

Pain, S., 1997. Swimming for dear life. New Scientist, vol. 155, no. 2099, 13 September, pp. 28–32. The tiny larvae of coral reef fishes are champion swimmers. They have to be.

Ross, J. F., 1998. The miracle of the reef. Smithsonian, vol. 28, no. 11, February, pp. 86–96. Scientists study mass coral spawning on reefs in Florida.

Baker, A. C., 2003. Flexibility and specificity in coral-algal symbiosis: Diversity, ecology, and biogeography of Symbiodinium. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, vol. 34, pp. 661–689.

Coles, S. L. and B. E. Brown, 2003. Coral bleaching—capacity for acclimatization and adaptation. Advances in Marine Biology, vol. 46, pp. 183–223.

Hedley, J. D. and P. F. Sale, 2002. Are populations of reef fish open or closed? Trends in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 17, pp. 422–428.

Hughes, T., 2005. The global perspective on coral health and decline. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, vol. 36, pp.

Kennedy, D. M. and C. D. Woodroffe, 2002. Fringing reef growth and morphology: A review. Earth Science Reviews, vol. 57, pp. 255–277.

McManus, J. W. and J. F. Polsenberg, 2004. Coral-algal phase shifts on coral reefs: Ecological and environmental aspects. Progress in Oceanography, vol. 60, nos. 2–4, pp. 263–279.

Spalding, M. A., C. Ravilious and E. P. Green, 2001. World Atlas of Coral Reefs University of California Press, Berkeley, 424 pp.

Wilkinson, C. (Editor), 2004. Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2004. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, 301 pp.
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