The following are some useful references to follow up the material presented in the essays above.

The bulk of the essays were drawn from papers presented at the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, held in Panama City, June 1996 and published in Volume 1 of the Proceedings. The reference for these essays is:

Lessios, H.A. and Macintyre, I.E. (eds) (1997). Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama, June 24-29 1996, Volume 1. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panama.

Other useful material:

Birkeland, C. (1997). Life and Death of Coral Reefs. Chapman & Hall, New York, 536pp.

Birkeland, C. (1997). Symbiosis, fisheries and economic development on coral reefs. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 12:364-367.

Bryant, D., Burke, L., McManus, J. and Spalding, M. (1997). Reefs at Risk: A Map-Based Indicator of Potential Threats to the World’s Coral Reefs. World Resources Institute, Washington D.C, 56pp.

English, S., Wilkinson, C. and Baker, V. (1997). Survey Manual for Tropical Marine Resources. 2nd Edition. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, 390pp.

Ginsburg, R. N. (ed) (1993). Global Aspects of Coral Reefs: Health Hazards and History, 7-11 June 1993. University of Miami, Miami, 420pp. (This volume has a valuable series of papers on problems facing reefs around the world).

Hatziolos, M. E., Hooten, A. J. and Fodor, F. (1998). Coral Reefs: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Management. In Proceedings of an associated event of the fifth annual World Bank Conference on Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development. World Bank, Washington D.C., 224pp.

IOC/UNEP/IUCN. (1997). IOC/UNEP/IUCN Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network Strategic Plan. UNESCO, Paris, 10pp.

Jonannes, R. E. (1998). The case for data-less marine resource management : examples from tropical nearshore finfisheries. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13:243-246.

Kelleher, G., Bleakley, C. and Wells, S. (1995). The Global Representative System of Marine Protected Areas. Volume II Wider Caribbean, West Africa and South Atlantic. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville ; World Bank, Washington D.C. ; World Conservation Union, Washington D.C., 93pp.

Kelleher, G., Bleakley, C. and Wells, S. (1995). The Global Representative System of Marine Protected Areas. Volume III Central Indian Ocean, Arabian Seas, East Africa and East Asia Seas. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville ; World Bank, Washington D.C. ; World Conservation Union, Washington D.C., 147pp.

Kelleher, G., Bleakley, C. and Wells, S. (1995). The Global Representative System of Marine Protected Areas. Volume IV South Pacific, Northeast Pacific, Southeast Pacific and Australia/New Zealand. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville ; World Bank, Washington D.C. ; World Conservation Union, Washington D.C., 212pp.

Maragos. J. E., Crosby, M. P. and McManus, J. W. (1996) Coral reefs and biodiversity: a critical and threatened relationship. Oceanography 9:83-99.

Oliver, J., De’ath, G., Done, T., Williams, D., Furnas, M. and Moran, P. (eds) (1995) Long-term monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef. Status Report Number 1. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, 121pp.

Salvat, B. (ed) (1987). Human impacts on coral reefs: facts and recommendations. Antenne Museum E.P.H.E, French Polynesia, 253pp.

Sheppard, C. R. C. and Sheppard, A. L. S. (1991). Corals and Coral Communities of Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 12.

Sudara, S., Wilkinson, C. R. and Chou, L. M. (eds ) (1994). Proceedings of the Third Asean-Australia Symposium on Living Coastal Resources. Volume 2: Research Papers. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, 720pp.

Sweatman, H. (ed) (1997). Long-term monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef. Status Report Number 2. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, 161pp.

Wachenfeld, D., Oliver, J. and Davis, K. (eds) (1997). State of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area Workshop. In Proceedings of a technical workshop held in Townsville, Qld, 27-29 November 1992. (GBRMPA Workshop Series 23). Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, 561pp.

Wachenfeld, D., Oliver, J. and Morrissey, J. I. (eds) (1998). State of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area 1998. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville, 138pp.

Wells, S. and Hanna, N. (1992). The Greenpeace Book of Coral Reefs. Sterling Publishing Co., New York, 160pp.

Wells, S.M. (ed) (1988). Coral Reefs of the World. Volume 1: Atlantic and Eastern Pacific. UNEP, Nairobi ; International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Switzerland.

Wells, S.M. (ed) (1988). Coral Reefs of the World. Volume 2: Indian Ocean, Red Sea, and Gulf. UNEP, Nairobi ; International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Switzerland.

Wells, S.M. (ed) (1988). Coral Reefs of the World. Volume 3: Central and western Pacific. UNEP, Nairobi ; International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Switzerland.

Wilkinson, C. R. (1993). Coral reefs of the world are facing widespread devastation: can we prevent this through sustainable management practices? In Proceedings of the seventh International Coral Reef Symposium: Guam, Micronesia, 22-27 June 1992. Mangilao, University of Guam Marine Laboratory.

Wilkinson, C. R. (ed) (1994). Living Coastal Resources of South-east Asia: Status and Management: Report of the Consultative Forum, Third Asean-Australia Symposium on Living Coastal Resources, 1994. Australian Institute of Marine Science on behalf of the ASEAN-Australia Marine Science Project: Living Coastal Resources, Townsville, 133pp.

Wilkinson, C. R. and Buddemeier, R. W. (1994). Global Climate Change and Coral Reefs: Implications for People and Reefs. Report of the UNEP-IOC-ASPEI-IUCN Global Task Team on Coral Reefs. IUCN, Gland, 124pp.

Wilkinson, C. R., Sudara, S. and Chou, L. M. (eds) (1994). Living coastal resources of South-east Asia : status and review, Third Asean-Australia Symposium on Living Coastal Resources, 1994. Volume 1: Status Reviews. Australian Institute of Marine Science on behalf of the ASEAN-Australia Marine Science Project: Living Coastal Resources, Townsville, 454pp.

Woodley, J. D. (1995). Tropical American regional report on the issues and activities associated with coral reefs and related ecosystems. Prepared for the 1995 International Coral Reef Initiative Workshop, Dumague City, Philippines, May 1995, unpublished, 64pp.