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More Great Links

• NOAA's Coral Reef Information System
• Australia's site on the Great Barrier Reef

Sources

• Gray, William. "Coral Reefs and Islands." Singapore: David & Charles. 1993.
• National Geographic. "Coral." 2008. (March 15, 2008)
  http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/coral.html?
  nav=A-Z
• National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). "NOAA'S Coral Reef Information System." March, 13, 2008. (March 16, 2008)
  http://www.coris.noaa.gov/
• The Nature Conservancy. "Coral Reefs of the Tropics: Facts About Coral Reefs." March 2008. (March 16, 2008)
  http://www.nature.org/joinanddonate/rescuereef/explore/facts.html
• Sammon, Rick. "Seven Underwater Wonders of the World." Thomason-Grant. 1992.
• Texas A&M University. "Ocean World: Coral reefs." March 2, 2007.
  (March 15, 2008)
  http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/coral/index.html
• Zell, Len. "Diving and Snorkeling Great Barrier Reef." Lonely Planet. 2006.