Coral Reefs

AIMS (Australian Institute of Marine Science)   http://www.aims.gov.au/

Information on the sustainable use and conservation of Australia’s marine environment.  Site has a great video clip of coral spawning.

Coral Disease Page  http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/mccarty_and_peters/coraldis.htm

Information, literature references, pictures and an interactive identification key for diseases of scleractinian corals and other reef organisms.

ICRI (International Coral Reef Initiative)   http://www.environnement.gouv.fr/icri/index.html

Partnership of coral reef stakeholders that works to promote best strategies to conserve reefs.

ISRS (International Society for Reef Studies)   http://www.uncwil.edu/isrs/

An organization that promotes the production and dissemination of scientific knowledge and understanding of coral reefs.

Life on the Reef  http://www.discovery.com/exp/coralreef/coralreef.html

A Discovery Channel and American Museum of Natural History expedition to study the coral reefs of the Bahamas.  Lots of information and great pictures.

NOAA’s Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP )   http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/

Literature lists, researcher directory, monitoring protocols, information on coral reefs and home of the coral-list list server.

Project A.W.A.R.E.    http://www.projectaware.org/

Aquatic world awareness, responsibility and education.  Grass-roots activities and education materials.

Reef Check  http://www.reefcheck.org/

International coral reef monitoring program.  Data on reefs worldwide.

The purpose of SeaWiFS is to provide quantitative data on global ocean bio-optical properties to the earth science community.  Teacher materials, data.

US Coral Reef Task Force    http://coralreef.gov/

Page contains information on US coral reefs and US activities to conserve them.