- ReefBase: A Global Information System on Coral Reefs
Database on coral reefs and their resources. Provides information services to coral reef professionals involved in management, research, monitoring, conservation, and education.
www.reefbase.org
- Coral Reefs and Associated Ecosystems
National Oceanographic Data Center coral reef data and information management system.
www.coris.noaa.gov
- CoralRealm
Contains a range of reef marine life education tools including fish and shark encyclopedias, feature articles, rare creature descriptions, and video clips.
www.coralrealm.com
- Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument
Learn about the coral reef ecosystem reserve that is part of the U.S. National Marine Sanctuary Program.
hawaiireef.noaa.gov
- reefED: Educate to Keep it Great
Collection of resources about the animals, plants, habitats, and features of the Great Barrier Reef.
www.reefed.edu.au
- Hawai'i Coral Reef Network
Explores Hawaii's marine life and coral reef ecology. Also provides information on research and workshops.
www.coralreefnetwork.com
- NOAA's Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP)
Providing services and information sources for researchers and the public in order to help improve and sustain coral reef health throughout the world.
www.coral.noaa.gov
- ReefVid: Free Reef Video Clip Database
Video clips from The Royal Society for use in educational presentations. Features starfish, various corals, rays, sponges, anemones, turtles, crabs, sharks, and many types of fish.
www.reefvid.org
- Lophelia.org
Learn about the ancient, cold-water coral ecosystems of the deep ocean. View images, movies, case studies, and an interactive dive.
www.lophelia.org
- Reefnet
Coral reef scientific articles, research findings, international conservation strategies, and management techniques.
www.reefnet.org
- Enchanted Learning: Coral Reef Animal Printouts
Learn how coral reefs form and about the myriad of animals that live in this complex biome. Also, offers printouts of animals for coloring.
www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/Coralreef.shtml
- Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (CRAMP)
Background information and scientific assessments and data about more than 40 Hawaiian coral reef scientific study sites. Search the bibliographic database.
cramp.wcc.hawaii.edu
- Life on the Reef
Follow an expedition in the Bahamas by marine biologists as they study creatures along one of the world's largest barrier reefs.
www.discovery.com/exp/coralreef/coralreef.html
- NOAA's Aquarius
Underwater ocean laboratory located in a sand patch adjacent to deep coral reefs in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Find out about their current and past missions using saturation diving to study and explore the coastal ocean.
www.uncwil.edu/nurc/aquarius
- Florida Office of Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas - Florida's Coral Reef
Conserves and manages Florida's natural resources and enforces the state's environmental laws.
www.dep.state.fl.us/coastal/habitats/coral.htm
- Zubi's Wetpage
Offers a collection of underwater photos of coral reef fish and invertebrates as well as travelogues for divers and links to marine biology sites.
www.starfish.ch/Home.html
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Coral Reef Protection
Information on coral reefs and EPA activities to protect them, including participation on the Coral Reef Task Force and the International Coral Reef Initiative.
www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/coral
- Coral-Reef-Info.com
Informational site on coral reef structure, marine life, and ecology. By a professional marine biologist.
www.coral-reef-info.com
- Contrasts in Blue: Life on the Caribbean Coral Reef and the Rocky Coast of Maine
Features activities that encourage students to consider the role of temperature, sunlight, waves, and tides in the creation of these two unique marine environments.
www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/contrast/cover.html
- Coral Realm
ThinkQuest project featuring information on different species, ecology, and a database of pictures.
library.thinkquest.org/25713
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