A.  Internet references:

Hawai'i

• Hawai'i Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (CRAMP) Bibliography
• Hawai'i Coral Reef Bibliography 

General

• 8th Coral Reef Symposium Proceedings References submitted by Dr. Gert Jan Gast.
• Eric Borneman's coral literature list
• Literature Abstracts and Literature Server: from NOAA's Coral Health and Monitoring Program
• Marine Protected Areas Literature
• Reef references from Mark Eakin
• Subscribe to the Coral List

B. Local references (listed below)

1. Hawaiian reef studies
2. Human impacts
3. General ecology
4. Effects of disturbance
5. Coral Disease

Hawaiian reef studies

• Dollar, S. J. 1982. Wave stress and coral community structure in Hawaii. Coral Reefs 1:71-81.
• Dollar, S. J. and G. W. Tribble. 1993. Recurrent storm disturbance and recovery: a long-term study of coral communities in Hawaii. Coral Reefs 12: 223-233.
• Grigg, R. W. and J. E. Maragos. 1974. Recolonization of hermatypic corals on submerged lava flows in Hawaii. Ecology 55: 387-395.
• Grigg, R. W. 1983. Community structure, succession and development of corals reefs in Hawaii. Marine Ecology Progress Series 11: 1-14.
• Grigg, R.W. 1994. Effects of sewage discharge, fishing pressure and habitat complexity on coral ecosystems and reef fishes in Hawaii. Mar.Ecol. Prog. Ser. 103:25-34.
• Grigg, R.W. 1995. Coral reefs in an urban environment in Hawaii:a complex case history controlled by natural and anthropogenic stress. Coral Reefs, 14:253-266.
• Hunter, C. H. 1993. Genotypic variation and clonal structure in coral populations with different disturbance histories. Evolution 47:1213-1228.
• Hunter, C. L. 1995. Review of status of coral reefs around American Flag Pacific Islands and assessment of need, value, and feasibility of establishing a coral reef fishery management plan for the western PACIFIC REGION. Report for WestPac Fish. Mangt. Council.
• Tissot, B. N. 1998. Changes in the marine habitat and biota of Pelekane Bay, Hawai’i over a 20-year period. Final Report, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Office, Honolulu, HI.
• Tissot, B. N. and L. E. Hallacher. 1999. Impacts of aquarium collectors on coral reef fishes in Hawai’i. Final Report. Division of Aquatic Resources, Honolulu, HI.
• UNEP/IUCN, 1988. Coral reefs of the world. Volume 3: Central and West Pacific. UNEP Regional Seas directories and bibliographies. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, U.K./UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya. 329 pp.

Human impacts

• Allen, W. H. 1992. Increased dangers to Caribbean marine ecosystems: cruise ship anchors and intensified tourist threaten reefs. BioScience 42(5): 330-335.
• Brown, B. and J. C. Ogden. 1993. Coral bleaching. Scientific American 268(1): 64-70.
• Bunkley-Williams, L and E. H. Williams, Jr. 1990. Global Assault on coral reefs: who's killing the great reefs of the world. Natural History. April Issue, pp. 47-54.
• Glynn, P. W. 1991. Coral bleaching in the 1980's and possible connections with global warming. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 6(6): 175-179.
• Goreau, T. J. 1992. Bleaching and reef community change in Jamaica: 1951-1991. American Zoologist 32: 683-695.
• Grigg, R.W. 1994. Effects of sewage discharge, fishing pressure and habitat complexity on coral ecosystems and reef fishes in Hawaii. Mar.Ecol. Prog. Ser. 103:25-34.
• Grigg, R.W. 1995. Coral reefs in an urban environment in Hawaii:a complex case history controlled by natural and anthropogenic stress. Coral Reefs, 14:253-266.
• Hallock, P, F. E. Mueller-Karger and J. C. Halas, 1993. Coral reef decline. National Geographic Research and Exploration. 9(3): 358-378.
• Smith, S. V. and R. W. Buddemeier. 1992. Global change and coral reef ecosystems. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 23: 89-118.

General ecology

• Connell, J. H. 1978. Diversity in tropical rain forests and coral reefs. Science 199: 1302-1310.
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• Grigg, R. W. 1983. Community structure, succession and development of corals reefs in Hawaii. Marine Ecology Progress Series 11: 1-14.
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• Talbot, F. H., B. C. Russell and G. R. V. Anderson. 1978. Coral reef fish communities: unstable, high-diversity systems? Ecological Monographs 48: 425-440.

Effects of disturbance on coral reefs

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