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Coral Reef Ecology

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Quick Facts
  • Corals are tiny plant-like animals
  • Survive in clean, clear waters and sunlight
  • Build the coral skeletons that forms the reef
  • Reef structure is habitat for fish, lobsters, turtles, and other marine life
  • U.S. coral reefs cover 6,500 square miles; over 90% are in the Western Pacific
  • Over 90% are in the Western Pacific
  • Vital to U.S. Fisheries
  • Protect the shoreline against wave action

Web Site Resources

 NOAA's Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS)
      A single point of access to NOAA coral reef information and data products. The site provides access to aerial photos, preview navigational charts, coral bleaching reports and much more. NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program
      Latest news on coral reefs as well as links to the various NOAA web sites with additional information. NOAA Coral Reef Watch Program
      Utilizes remote sensing, computational algorithms and artificial intelligence tools to study coral reef ecosystems. NOAA Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP)
 United States Coral Reef Task Force
 UN Atlas of the Ocean
 Cumulative Bibliography on the History of Oceanography, 1987-
 EPA Coral Reef Protection
 Coral Reef Alliance. E-Current - The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) Electronic Newsletter
 ReefBase
 Bibliography of Published Coral Reef Related Projects Funded by (Sea Grant) Coral Health and Monitoring Literature Abstracts

Area Specific Web Sites

 NOAA Ocean Explorer - NW Hawaiian Islands NOAA Benthic Habitats of the Main Hawaiian Islands Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative Research Program Hawaii Coral Reef Network Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Multi-Agency Education Project NOAA Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve

General Resources

 Endangered coral reefs of the world: an annotated bibliography
Clewis B. 1990.
UHM Hamilton Library, QH75 .C54 1990 Coral reef monitoring handbook
Dahl AL. 1981.
UHM Hamilton Library, QE565 .D14 1981 Department of Defense Coral Reef Protection Implementation Plan
Department of Defense, 2000.
PIFSC Library, QH541.5.C7 D4 2000 Coral reef management handbook
Kenchington RA, Hudson BET, eds. 1984. The national action plan to conserve coral reefs
United States Coral Reef Task Force, 2000.

Resources by Area

Hawaii

Atlas of shallow-water benthic habitats of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
NOAA, National Ocean Service, 2003.
PIFSC Library, QH91.8.B4 U56 2003 Hawaiian coral reef ecology
Gulko D. 1998.
PIFSC Library, QH541.5.C7 G85 1998 Coral reef ecosystems of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Maragos JE, Gulko D. 2002.
PIFSC Library, QH541.5.C7 C678 2002 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: a resource guide
Taylor C. Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve, 2003.
PIFSC Library, QH198.H3 N6 2003

Pacific general (Multiarea)

Pacific neighbors: the islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia
Dunford B, Ridgell R. 1996.
UHM Hamilton Library, DU17 .D86 1996 Laysan Island and other northwestern Hawaiian islands: early science reports with a Laysan Island bibliography
MacIntyre IG, et al. 1996.

Guam and CNMI

Long Term Marine Monitoring Project: current status and recommendations: Division of Environmental Quality, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Kylstra P, Castro J. 1997. A reassessment of reef-building corals, an assessment of framework bioerosion, and a reassessment of marine benthic algae in the reef area affected by thermal effluent at Tanguission Point, Guam: final report
Randall RH, Tsuda RT, Bowman RG. 1992. UHM Hamilton Library, QZ 93D26.85

Johnston Atoll

Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1993.
UHM Hamilton Library, DU950 .J6 J65 1993

Line Islands

The Natural history of Caroline Atoll, Southern Line Islands
Kepler AK, Kepler CB. 1994.

American Samoa

Coral and reef-fish assessment of the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Birkeland C, Randall RH, Amesbury SS. 1990. Fagatele Bay: National Marine Sanctuaries
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Sanctuary Program, 2001. Rose Atoll: an annotated bibliography
Rodgers KA, et al. 1993.
UHM Hamilton Library, QH198.A46 R67 1993

Journals & Newsletters

 Coral reef newsletter
Honolulu: Pacific Science Association, Scientific Committee on Coral Reefs. Coral reef newsletter
(International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Coral Reef Group). Paris, France: The Group. Coral reefs: International Society for Reef Studies
Berlin; New York: Springer International. Hawaii's state of the reefs
Honolulu: State of Hawaii Dept. of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources. The state of coral reef ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States
Silver Spring, Md.: U.S. Department of Commerce, Springer International.
[ pdf ] (5.51 MB)

Further Research

 LC Subject Headings: Coral reef biology; Coral reef conservation; Coral reef ecology; Coral reefs and islands
LC Call Numbers: QH95-8; QH75-QH77; QH92-QH95.6
http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
Last updated December 06 2007