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Carbonate Reefs and Build-ups, Lecture 2

Steeply dipping rudist reef limestones, Upper Cretaceous, Bugarach, Aude, S France. Image: Roger Suthren

Introduction.

This page provides a series of links to web sites dealing with modern reefs. Work through these sites, making notes as you go.

Reef-building Organisms

• Introduction to corals
• Introduction to scleractinian corals
• Biology of scleractinian corals
• Introduction to red algae
• Coralline red algae - images
• Coralline red algae

Modern Reefs

• Coral reefs of the World (NOAA)
• Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
• Mangroves
• Hawai'i Coral Reef Network
• The Barrier Reef on Ambergris Caye, Belize
• The Coral Reef Alliance
• Satellite Images:
  • Canton Atoll, Phoenix Islands, Pacific Ocean
  • Atolls & Fringing Reefs, Society Islands, Pacific Ocean
  • Great Barrier Reef, Australia
  • Great Barrier Reef, Australia 2
• Aerial Views:
  • Fringing Reef, Pacific Ocean

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