Marine Biology (Castro), 9th Edition

Chapter 14: Coral Reefs

Marine Biology on the Net

Coral Reefs

• Coral Reef Bleaching
  Much information and well done global maps showing the extent of coral bleaching. Extensive citation list.
  http://www.odysseyexpeditions.org/coralbleaching.htm
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)

• Coral Reef Web Sites
  A site that describes other sites related to coral research and conservation.
  http://www.ncl.ac.uk/tcmweb/tcm/crlinks.htm
  (Added: Mon Jul 02 2001)

• Coral Reefs
  Nicely done photographs and descriptions of different types of coral.
  http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/coralreef.html
  (Added: Mon Jul 02 2001)

• CORAL: The Coral Reef Alliance
  Useful links to other sites, but with a definite slant to appeal to divers.
  http://www.coralreefalliance.org/
  (Added: Mon Jul 02 2001)

• Corals and Coral Reefs
  Information from Sea World on all causes of death of corals, including coral bleaching.
  http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/Coral/home.html
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)

• Hawai'i Coral Reef Network
  Many links to topics such as reefs and mangroves to coral paleoclimatology. Links to coral reef sites worldwide.
  http://www.coralreefnetwork.com/
  (Added: Mon Jul 02 2001)

• The State of the Reefs– ICRI's Major Concern
  A technical paper describing the state of the world's reefs in the 1990s.
  http://www.coris.noaa.gov

Acoustic Tracking of Coral Reef Fishes

Mangroves

• Mangrove Replenishment Initiative
  Information on a self-sustaining replenishment of mangroves off the Atlantic coast of Florida to aid in stabilization of shorelines, as well as increasing the biological diversity of this habitat.
  http://www.mangrove.org
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)

• Mangrove Web Sites
  Simply links to other related sites, but very useful.
  http://www.ncl.ac.uk/tcmweb/tcm/mglinks.htm
  (Added: Sat Jul 14 2001)