Reefs Topics- G130

Reefs: A Geologic Perspective

• Coral Reefs
  from Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
• Marine Ecology - Ch. 20
  by J.S. Levinton
• Introduction to the World’s Oceans
  from Duxbury and Duxbury

Reef Building Organisms Through Time

• Facies Models
  by James
• Historical Development of Reefs
  from Reefs Resource Pages

The Modern Reef Ecosystem

• Marine Biology
  by Thurman and Webber
• Historical Development of Reefs
  from Reefs Resource Pages
• Introduction to the World’s Oceans
  from Duxbury and Duxbury
• Marine Ecology - Ch. 21
  by J.S. Levinton
• Facies Models
  by James

Corals: Biology and Life Requirements

• Marine Ecology - Ch. 20
  by J.S. Levinton

Corals as Environmental Indicators

• Florida’s Coral Reefs are Imperiled
  from National Geographic, 1990

The Reef and Anthropogenic Affects

• Essentials of Oceanography
  by Thurman
• Global Relief Effort for Corals
• Marine Ecology - Ch. 21
  J.S. Levinton

Saving The Reefs

• International Wildlife
  by D. Hinrichsen
• Global Relief Effort for Corals

Complete References.

Marine Ecology
J.S. Levinton, 1982, Marine Ecology, Prentice-Hall Inc., New Jersey, p.394-418; 419-444.

Duxbury and Duxbury
A.C. Duxbury, and A.B. Duxbury, 1997, Introduction to the World’s Oceans, 5th edition, William C. Brown Publishing Co., Tropical Coral Reefs, p. 460-465.

N. P. James
N.P. James, 1984, Reefs in Facies Models, Ed. R.G. Walker, Geological Association of Canada, p. 229-244.

Thurman and Webber
H.V. Thurman, and H.H. Webber, 1984, Marine Biology, Charles E. Merrill Publishing, Chapter 12, Benthos on the Continental Shelf, p. 303-313.

National Geographic
F. Ward, 1990, Florida’s Coral Reefs are Imperiled, National Geographic, v. 178, No. 1, p. 115-132.

Thurman
H.V. Thurman, 1993, Essentials of Oceanography, 4th Edition, Macmillan Publishing, N.Y., p., 336-341.

International Wildlife
D. Hinrichsen, 1997, Battle at Sea, Requiem for Reefs? International Wildlife, National Wildlife Federation, v. 27, No. 2, March/April, 1997, p. 12-21.