Coral Reef

WWW Sites


A selection of particularly useful web sites dealing with coral reef ecosystems are listed below. They are in no particular order and have been chosen for the wealth of useful links and information they contain. We are indebted to the managers of these sites for allowing us use of logos and image snips. We have no doubt missed some key sites and would welcome suggestions for additions.

Click on the appropriate logos/images to link to the sites below

 

Reef Guardian International
Protecting coral reefs and their marine life

 

International Coral Reef Initiative
To focus on the plight of reefs and the actions necessary
to reverse the trends toward their degradation.

 

Coral Reef Alliance
Includes Coral Reef NGO directory

 

NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program
Useful links page

 

Coral Health and Monitoring Program
NOAA program
To help improve and sustain coral reef health throughout the world

 

ReefBase Project
A global database on coral reefs and their resources
Run by WorldFish Center

 

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Science for the ecologically sustainable development of the GBR World Heritage Area

 

Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
Hosted by AIMS and WorldFish Center among others

GCRMN

 

Australian Institute of Marine Science
Research projects, links, CoralBase and much more

 

Reef Check
Can you help out? ...
... and join in the annual reef surveys?

 

Jurassic Reef Park
Research on Jurassic and other reefs. German and English.
Good links page and a "palaeo" perspective

 

Reef-World
"Bringing the reef to life"
Non-profit making program for divers and snorkellers run by The Reef-World Foundation

 

Reef Relief Founders
Protecting and preserving coral reef ecosystems
Strong Florida Keys focus

 

ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
HQ at James Cook University, Australia
Innovative science for sustainable use of coral reefs

 

Operation Wallacea
Scientific conservation expeditions ...
... many on coral reefs

 

Seychelles Marine Conservation Expedition
Expedition reports on Seychelles reef fish
and invertebrate communities - Simon Pittman

 

World Atlas of Coral Reefs
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Maps of reef distribution, etc.

 

CARMABI Foundation
Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
Marine biological research station

 

Coral Reefs
Journal of the International Society for Reef Studies
Springer journals site

 

ICRAN
International Coral reef Action Network
Coral reef action: sustaining communities worldwide

 

Coral Cay Conservation
Award winning organisation, formed in 1986
Runs marine and terrestrial expeditions to Fiji, Honduras, Philippines, Malaysia ...

 

ReefVid
Free coral reef video clips for educational use
Can browse clips by topic, species or location

Link list last revised by Alasdair Edwards December 2007