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Red Sea Region
Abelson, A., R. Olinky and S. Gaines. 2005. Coral recruitment to the reefs of Eilat, Red Sea: temporal and spatial variation, and possible effects of anthropogenic disturbances. Marine Pollution Bulletin 50: 576-582.
Antonius, A and B Riegl. 1997. A possible link between coral diseases and a corallivorous snail (Drupella cornus) outbreak in the Red Sea. Atoll Research Bulletin No. 447.
Antonius, A, G Scheer, and C Bouchon. 1990. Corals of the Eastern Red Sea. Atoll Research Bulletin No. 334.
Brolund, TM, A Tychsen, LE Nielsen, M Arvedlund. 2004. An assemblage of the host anemone Heteractis magnifica in the northern Red Sea, and the distribution of the resident anemonefish. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 84: 671-674.
El-Alwany, MA. 1997. Ecological and biological studies on some coral reef fishes in South Sinai (Red Sea—Gulf of Aqaba). Abstract of Master Thesis, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
El Sayed, MA. 2002. Nitrogen and phosphorous in the effluent of a sewage treatment station on the Eastern Red Sea coast: daily cycle, flux and impact on the coastal area. International Journal of Environmental Studies 59(1): 73-94.
Epstein, N., M. J. A. Vermeij, R. P. M. Bak, and B. Rinkevich. 2005. Alleviating impacts of anthropogenic activities by traditional conservation measures: can a small reef reserve be sustainedly managed? Biological Conservation 121(2): 243-255.
Hariri, KI, P Nichols, F Krupp, S Mishrigi, A Barrania, AF Ali, and SM Kedidi. 2000. Status of the living marine resources in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Region and their management. Regional Organisation for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA).
Hassan, M, MMA Kotb, AA Al-Sofyani. 2002. Status of coral reefs in the Red Sea-Gulf of Aden. In: C.R. Wilkinson (ed.), Status of coral reefs of the world:2002. GCRMN Report, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville. Chapter 2, pp 45-52.
Jameson, S. C., M. S. A. Ammar, E. Saadalla, H. M. Mostafa and B. Riegl. 2007. A quantitative ecological assessment of diving sites in the Egyptian Red Sea during a period of severe anchor damage: a baseline for restoration and sustainable tourism management. Journal of Sustainable Tourism 15(3):309-323.
Jantzen, C., C. Wild, M. El-Zibdah, H. A. Roa-Quiaoit, C. Haacke and C. Richter. 2008. Photosynthetic performance of giant clams, Tridacna maxima and T. Squamosa, Red Sea. Marine Biology 155:211-221.
Loya, Y., H. Lubinevsky, M. Rosenfeld and E. Kramarsky-Winter. 2004. Nutrient enrichment caused by in situ fish farms at Eilat, Red Sea is detrimental to coral reproduction. Marine Pollution Bulletin 49:344-353.
Paimpillil, JS, JC Se, and M Dahalawi. 2002. Impact of treated industrial effluents on Yanbu (Red Sea) coral reefs and the efficiency of coastal ecosystem conservation. Littoral 2002, The Changing Coast: 311-316.
Pilcher, N and ND Abdi. 2000. The status of coral reefs in Djibouti. In: Wilkinson, C. (ed). Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2000, Australian Institute of Marine Science.
Pilcher, N and SM Al-Mughrabi. 2000. The status of coral reefs in Jordan. In: Wilkinson, C. (ed). Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2000, Australian Institute of Marine Science.
Pilcher, N and L DeVantier. 2000. The status of coral reefs in Yemen. In: Wilkinson, C. (ed). Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2000, Australian Institute of Marine Science.
Pilcher, N and D Nasr. 2000. The status of coral reefs in Sudan. In: Wilkinson, C. (ed). Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2000, Australian Institute of Marine Science.
Purkis, S, JAM Kenter, EK Oikonomou, IS Robinson. 2002. High-resolution ground verification, cluster analysis and optical model of reef substrate coverage on Landsat TM imagery (Red Sea, Egypt). International Journal of Remote Sensing. 23:8: 1677-1698.
Riegl, B and KE Luke. 1998. Ecological parameters of dynamited reefs in the northern Red Sea and their relevance to reef rehabilitation. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 37:8-12: 488-498.
Riegl, B and WE Piller. 2000. Reefs and coral carpets in the northern Red Sea as models for organism-environment feedback in coral communities and its reflection in growth fabrics. In Insalaco, E, Skelton, P, Palmer, ToJ. (eds). Carbonate Platform Systems: components and interactions. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 178,71-88.
Riegl, B and WE Piller. 1999. Coral frameworks revisited—reefs and coral carpets in the northern Red Sea. Coral Reefs. 18:241-253.
Roberts, CM, and RFG Ormond. 1987. Habitat complexity and coral reef fish diversity and abundance on Red Sea fringing reefs. Marine Ecology Progress Series 41:1-8.
Wilkinson, C (ed.). 2004. Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2004, Volume 1. Australian Institute of Marine Science.
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