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Coral Reef Hotlist
The following internet sites can help you learn more about the coral reef ecosystem.
Reef Relief
http://www.reefrelief.org/
Maps showing coral reefs around the world and a teacher's guide.
Corals
and Coral Reefs
http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/Coral/home.html
A coral polyp is a tubular saclike animal with a central mouth
surrounded by a ring of tentacles.
Coral
Reefs and Mangroves of the
World
http://www.wcmc.org.uk/marine/data/coral_mangrove/
There's a great map that shows world distribution of coral
reefs.
Reef
Education Network
http://www.reef.edu.au/
Great site. Dive with a shark. Ask a brain coral.
Coral
Reef Fishes
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/2298/index.html
"Perhaps more than any other single component of the reef
communities, fishes provide the best opportunity to observe essential
features of reef ecology." Check out the Fish of the Week
section.
The
Coral Reef Alliance
http://www.coralreefalliance.org/
Petroleum products and other chemicals dumped near coastal
waters eventually find their way to the reefs.
Great
Barrier Reef
http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/
The International Marine Park in Australia.
Coral
Health and Monitoring
Program
http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/
Its mission is to provide services to help improve and sustain coral
reef health throughout the world.
Australian
Coral Reef Society
http://www.tesag.jcu.edu.au/acrs/
Australia's independent voice for coral reefs.
ReefNet
http://www.reefnet.org/
Hawaii
Coral Reef Network
http://www.coralreefnetwork.com/default.htm
Beautiful underwater coral photography.
Help
Save Our Coral Reefs
http://www.yoto98.noaa.gov/books/reefs/reef1.htm
25 things we can do to help with coral reef conservation.