The Census of Coral Reefs (CReefs) is a field project of the Census of Marine Life that surveys the biodiversity of coral reef ecosystems internationally...

A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate...

craters near the reef. Since then, hundreds of large deep-water coral reefs have been mapped and studied. About 60 percent of the reefs occur next to or...

threatening the survival of the coral reefs and the associated reef fish. Coral reefs are the result of millions of years of coevolution among algae,...

Deep-water coral Coral Reefs Fossil Coral Reef — National Natural Landmark in Le Roy, New York Census of Coral Reefs — Field project of the Census of Marine...

finds a reef it is able to attach to and grow back into a polyp, settling on a hard surface. Then the cycle repeats. Fire corals are found on reefs in tropical...

The resilience of coral reefs is the biological ability of coral reefs to recover from natural and anthropogenic disturbances such as storms and bleaching...

definitions of atoll describe them as "annular reefs enclosing a lagoon in which there are no promontories other than reefs and islets composed of reef detritus"...

(2000-04-01). "Importance of foraminifera for the formation and maintenance of a coral sand cay: Green Island, Australia". Coral Reefs. 19 (1): 51–58. doi:10...

coral reefs: Australian Coral Reef Society Biosphere Foundation Blue Corner Marine Research Chagos Conservation Trust Conservation Society of Pohnpei...