Department of Defense
Coral Reef Initiative Database
Conservation
Reef Health / Monitoring
Disease, Bleaching, Invasive species
DISEASE
NOAA Coral Disease ID Key - Diagnostic tool for identifying coral damage or disease.
Global Coral Disease Database - The GCDD Coral Disease Identification Tool for the IndoPacific and Red Sea uses standardized nomenclature and diagnostic criteria for coral diseases and other causes of coral mortality.
NOAA Coral Reef Information System - General info about coral diseases.
Reef Resilience Disease Management Resource - Coral disease resources for managers, including identification guidance materials, field guides, and databases.
HEALTH / MONITORING
Bruno JF, Selig ER, Casey KS, Page CA, Willis BL, Drew Harvell C, Sweatman H, Melendy AM. (2007) Thermal stress and coral cover as drivers of coral disease outbreaks. PloS Biol 5(6)e124:1220-1227.
Crosby, MP and ES Reese. 1996. A manual for monitoring coral reefs with indicator species: Butterflyfishes as indicators of change on Indo Pacific reefs. Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD. 45 pp.
Fabricius K, Uthicke S, Cooper T, Humphrey C, De’ath G, Mellors J (2007) Candidate bioindicator measures to monitor exposure to changing water quality of the Great Barrier Reef. Final report to the Catchment to Reef Joint Research Programme. Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility Research Report Series. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited, Cairns, Australia. 253pp.
Kaczmarsky, LT, M Draud, EH Williams. 2005. Is there a relationship between proximity to sewage effluent and the prevalence of coral disease? Caribbean Journal of Science. 41:1: 124-137.
Kaufman L, Sandin S, Sala E, Obura D, Rohwer F, Tschirky J (2011) Coral Health Index (CHI): measuring coral community health. Science and Knowledge Division, Conservation International, Arlington, VA, USA. 15pp.
Weil E, Smith G, Gil-Agudelo DL (2006) Status and progress in coral reef disease research. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 69:1-7.
Williams, DE and Miller, MW (2005) Coral disease outbreak: pattern, prevalence and transmission in Acropora cervicornis. Marine Ecology Progress Series 301:119-128.
BLEACHING
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Bleaching guide. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Townsville, Australia. 2pp.
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (2006) Coral bleaching and the Great Barrier Reef. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Townsville, Australia. 4pp.
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Coral bleaching response plan 2010-2011. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Townsville, Australia. 36pp.
Manzello DP, Bergelmans R, Hendee JC (2007) Coral bleaching indices and thresholds for he Florida Reef Tract, Bahamas and St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. Marine Pollution Bulletin 54:1923-1931.
Marshall P, Schuttenberg H (2006) A reef manager’s guide to coral bleaching. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, Australia. 176 pp.
Pala, C. 2007. Palau combats coral bleaching. Science 316(5825):680.
Szmant, AM and NJ Gassman. 1990. The effects of prolonged “bleaching” on the tissue biomass and reproduction of the reef coral Montastrea annularis. Coral Reefs 8:217-224.
Westmacott, S., K. Teleki, S. Wells and J. M. West. 2000. Management of bleached and severely damaged coral reefs. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. vi + 37 pp.
INVASIVE SPECIES
Battle J (2009) Silent invasion: the spread of marine invasive species via ships’ ballast water. WWF International, Gland, Switzerland. 22pp.
