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Coral reefs and islands

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• Coral reefs and islands -- Alaska
• Coral reefs and islands -- Australia
• Coral reefs and islands -- Hawaii
• Coral reefs and islands -- Juvenile fiction
• Coral reefs and islands -- Micronesia
• Coral reefs and islands -- Research
• Coral reefs and islands -- Tuvalu
• Atoll soils
• Coral reef conservation
• Coral reef ecology
• Coral reef management
• Coral reef restoration

• Atolls
• Coral atolls
• Coral islands
• Reefs, Coral
• Coral island

• Fringing and Fossil Coral Reefs of Oahu (Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin #55; Honolulu: The Museum, 1928), by James Barkley Pollock (PDF at bishopmuseum.org)
• Coral Reefs; Volcanic Islands; South American Geology, by Charles Darwin (Gutenberg zipped illustrated HTML)
• The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, by Charles Darwin, contrib. by John Wesley Judd (Gutenberg text)
• The coral reefs of the tropical Pacific. (Cambridge, Printed for the Museum, 1903), by Alexander Agassiz and Albatross Expedition (1899-1900) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Coral remote sensing workshop, September 17-18, 1996 : proceedings and recommendations ([Charleston, S.C. : Coastal Services Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1996?]), by Fla.) Coral remote sensing workshop (1996 : Miami and Coastal Services Center (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Practical aspects of coral reef growth / (Woods Hole, Mass. : Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, [1948]), by Gordon A. Riley and Charles J Fish (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sediments and reef corals of Cayo Arenas, Campeche Bank, Yucatan, Mexico / (Washington, D.C. : U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, 1966), by R. Frank Busby, United States. Office of Naval Research, National Science Foundation (U.S.), and United States. Naval Oceanographic Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. ([Washington, D.C.?] : U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, [1999]), by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Methods of study in natural history / (Boston : Ticknor and Fields, 1868, c1863), by Louis Agassiz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Koralleninseln als Grundlage menschlicher Siedelungen. (Weida i. Th., Thomas & Hubert, 1914), by Carl Goetz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The stone reefs of Brazil, their geological and geographical relations, with a chapter on the coral reefs. (Cambridge, Mass., Printed for the museum, 1904), by John Casper Branner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Atollen in den Nederlandsch-Oost-Indischen archipel; de riffen in de groep der Toekang Besi-Eilanden. (Batavia : Javasche Boekhandel & Drukkerij, 1920), by Berend George Escher (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The world distribution of nearshore calcareous sand and its early diagenesis / (Port Hueneme, Calif. : Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory, [1983]), by R. J. Malloy and Calif.) Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory (Port Hueneme (page images at HathiTrust)
• Methods of study in natural history. (Boston : Houghton, Osgood, 1880), by Louis Agassiz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sanctuary designation process : proposed northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Sanctuary. ([Washington, D.C.?] : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, [2002]), by United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• The state of coral reef ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States /, by United States Coral Reef Task Force, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (U.S.), and United States National Ocean Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bleaching of coral reefs in the Caribbean : hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, first session : special hearing. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 1988), by Justice United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reefs, corals, and carbonate sands : guides to reef-ecosystem health and environments / ([St. Petersburg, FL] : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, [2000]), by Barbara H. Lidz and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the structure and distribution of coral reefs : also geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle / (London : Ward, Lock, [between 1900 and 1915]), by Charles Darwin and John W. Judd (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ecology of the Murray Island coral reef,, by Alfred Goldsborough Mayer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Coral reefs and your coastal watershed ([Washington, D.C.?] : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, [1998]), by United States Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water (page images at HathiTrust)
• A 350⁰ panoramic camera for underwater use / (Washington, D.C. : Naval Oceanographic Office, [1968]), by Robert L Mairs and Chester V Bright (page images at HathiTrust)
• Corals and the formation of coral reefs / by Thomas Wayland Vaughan. (Washington : G.P.O., 1919), by Thomas Wayland Vaughan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fossil corals from Central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico : with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and recent coral reefs / (Washington : Govt. print. off., 1919), by Thomas Wayland Vaughan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les iles corraliennes de la Polynésie. Structure. Mode de formation. Faune et flore. (Monaco, 1906), by Léon Gaston Seurat (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Gorgonaceœ as a factor in the formation of coral reefs,, by Lewis Robinson Cary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Coral reefs : an English compilation of activities for middle school students / (Cincinnati, Ohio : National Center for Environmental Publications and Information, [1997]), by Alida Ortiz, R. Amanda Newton, and Sharon H. Walker (page images at HathiTrust)
• The structure and distribution of coral reefs, (New York : D. Appleton and company, 1898), by Charles Darwin and T. G. Bonney (page images at HathiTrust)
• The structure and distribution of coral reefs / (London : Smith, Elder, 1889), by Charles Darwin and T. G. Bonney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Methods of study in natural history / (Boston : Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1869, c1863), by Louis Agassiz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Methods of study in natural history. (Boston, J. R. Osgood and company, 1875), by Louis Agassiz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Coral reef ecosystems of American Samoa : a 2002-2010 overview / (Honolulu, HI : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, [2011?]), by Russell. Coral reef ecosystem monitoring report for American Samoa Brainard, Russell Brainard, and Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.). Coral Reef Ecosystem Division (page images at HathiTrust)
• Über den Bau der Korallenriffe und die Planktonvertheilung an den samoanischen Küsten; nebst vergleichenden Bemerkungen, (Kiel, Lipsius & Tischer, 1897), by Augustin Krämer and A. Über den Palolowurm Collin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• On the structure and distribution of coral reefs / (London : Walter Scott, [1900-1920]), by Charles Darwin and Joseph W. Williams (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Growing plants on atoll soils / (Livermore, CA : Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, [2000]), by Earl L. Stone, W. L. Robison, Leo Migvar, United States. Dept. of Energy, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Surface features of coral reefs / ([Washington, D.C.] : Military Intelligence Division, Office, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1944), by Lincoln Dryden and United States. Beach Erosion Board (page images at HathiTrust)
• Island bibliographies : Micronesian botany, land environment and ecology of coral atolls, vegetation of tropical Pacific islands / ([Washington, D.C.] : National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, 1955), by Marie-Hélène Sachet, F. Raymond Fosberg, and National Research Council (U.S.). Pacific Science Board (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our fragile coral reefs. ([Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, [1982]), by United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Corals and coral islands. (New York, Dodd, Mead, and company, [1890]), by James Dwight Dana (page images at HathiTrust)
• Corals and coral islands/ (New York: Dodd & Mead, 1872), by James Dwight Dana (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hawaiʹi coral reef inventory, island of Oʹahu (O.C.R.I.). (Honolulu : U.S. Army Engineer District, [1981]), by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Honolulu District (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Effects of Hurricane Hattie on the British Honduras reefs and cays, October 30-31, 1961. (Washington, D.C. : Pacific Science Board, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, 1963), by D. R. Stoddart (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Report on the Florida reefs, (Cambridge, Mass., Printed for the Museum, 1880), by Louis Agassiz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Methods of study in natural history / (Boston : Ticknor and Fields, 1864, c1863), by Louis Agassiz (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Bermuda islands: a contribution to the physical history and zoology of the Somers archipelago. (Philadelphia, The author, 1889), by Angelo Heilprin and Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die macht des kleinen sichtbar in der bildung der rinde unseres erdballs; oder, Uebersicht der gestaltung, der geographischen und geologischen verbreitung der polypen, foraminiferen und kieselschaligen bacillarien; (Leipzig, W. Engelmann, 1851), by Pieter Harting (page images at HathiTrust)
• Coral reefs, volcanic islands, South American geology, (London, Ward Lock & Co., Limited, 1910), by Charles Darwin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Atoll economies : issues and strategy options for development : a review of the literature / (Canberra, Australia : National Centre for Development Studies, Australian National University, c1988), by Stephen Pollard, Australian National University. Research School of Pacific Studies, and Australian National University. National Centre for Development Studies (page images at HathiTrust)
• Corals and coral islands. (New York, Dodd, Meade, 1879), by James Dwight Dana (page images at HathiTrust)
• The structure and distribution of coral reefs, (New York, D. Appleton and company, 1896), by Charles Darwin and T. G. Bonney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les récifs de corail, leur structure et leur distribution, (Paris, Libraire Germer Baillière et Cie, 1878), by Charles Darwin and L Cosserat (page images at HathiTrust)
• Über den Bau und die Verbreitung der Corallen-Riffe. (Stuttgart, E. Schweizerbart, 1876), by Charles Darwin and Julius Victor Carus (page images at HathiTrust)
• Corals and coral islands (London : Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle, 1875), by James Dwight Dana (page images at HathiTrust)
• Coral reefs and atolls. Modern views of their origin, with recent observations at the isle of pines. (Wellington, Government printing office, 1921), by James Park (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Adamsbrücke und die kórallenriffe der Palkstrasse. Sedimentstudien im tropischen litoralgebiet von Dr. Johannes Walther ... Mit einer karte. (Gotha, J. Perthes, 1891), by Johannes Walther (page images at HathiTrust)
• Berättelse om en år 1891 utförd resa till Indo-Malayiska archipelagen. (Stockholm, 1892), by Carl Wilhelm Samuel Aurivillius (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les Coralliaires et les îles madréporiques / ([Paris : au secretariat de l'Association, 1887.]), by Edmond Perrier (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the structure and distribution of coral reefs. (London, New York, Walter Scott, [1891?]), by Charles Darwin, ed. by Joseph W. Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die korallenriffe der Sinaihalbinsel. Geologische und biologische beobachtungen, (Leipzig, S. Hirzel, 1888), by Johannes Walther (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Bermuda islands: a contribution to the physical history and zoology of the Somers archipelago. With an examination of the structure of coral reefs. Researches undertaken under the auspices of the Academy of natural sciences of Philadelphia. (Philadelphia, The Author, 1889), by Angelo Heilprin and Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust)
• Desert and water gardens of the Red Sea; being an account of the natives and the shore formations of the coast, (Cambridge, University press, 1913), by Cyril Crossland (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die theorieen über die entstehung der koralleninseln und korallenriffe und ihre bedeutung für geophysische fragen, (Leipzig, W. Engelmann, 1890), by Rudolf Langenbeck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Monitoring Hawaii's marine protected areas : examining spatial and temporal trends using a seascape approach / (Silver Spring, MD : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, [2010]), by Alan M. Friedlander, United States National Ocean Service, and Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (U.S.). Biogeography Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Coralliferous carbonate shelves of Mississippian age, west side of Antler orogen, central Nevada / (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. ; Denver, CO : For sale by USGS Map Distribution, 1993), by William Jasper Sando and Geological Survey (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Methods of study in natural history. (Boston, Fields, Osgood & co., 1869), by Louis Agassiz (page images at HathiTrust)
• The structure and distribution of coral reefs. (Berkeley, University of California Press, 1962), by Charles Darwin (page images at HathiTrust)
• The coral reef problem, (New York, American Geographical Society, 1928), by William Morris Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Small islands and the reefs / ([Canberra] : Australian National University, Development Studies Centre for UNESCO, 1978), by H. C. Brookfield, Richard Bedford, Project 7--Ecology and Rational Use of Island Ecosystems (Unesco), and Unesco/UNFPA Population and Environment Project in the Eastern Islands of Fiji (page images at HathiTrust)
• Through atolls and islands in the great South Sea, (London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1889), by Frederick J. Moss (page images at HathiTrust)
• Coral and atolls: their history description, theories of their origin both before and since that of Darwin, the influence of winds, tides and ocean currents on their present condition, products, fauna and flora. (London, Lovell Reeve & co., ltd., 1910), by F. Wood Jones (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Methods of study in natural history. (Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1887), by Louis Agassiz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Methods of study in natural history / (Boston : Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1891), by Louis Agassiz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Methods of study in natural history. (Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1896), by Louis Agassiz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geological observations on coral reefs, volcanic islands, and on South America: being the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy R. N., during the years 1832 to 1836. (London, Smith, Elder & co., 1851), by Charles Darwin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Northwestern Hawaiian Islands : a resource guide / (Hilo, Hawaii : U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Marine Sanctuary Program, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve, 2003), by Christine Taylor, United States. Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management. Sanctuaries and Reserves Division, and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve (Hawaii) (page images at HathiTrust)
• NOAA coral reef ecosystem research plan for fiscal years 2007 to 2011 / ([Silver Spring, Md.] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, [Coral Reef Conservation Program, 2007]), by Ruth Kelty, K. A. Puglise, and Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Methods of study in natural history. ([New York] Arno, [1970, c1863]), by Louis Agassiz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Results of monitoring study of Agat Harbor, Guam / (Vicksburg, Miss. : U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, 1997), by David D. Mcgehee, Stanley J. Boc, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station), U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, and United States Army Corps of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust)
• Corallogene phosphat-inseln Austral-Oceanieus und ihre produkte. (Lübeck, M. Schmidt, 1913), by Carl Elschner (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The structure and distribution of coral reefs, (New York, D. Appleton and company, 1897), by Charles Darwin and T. G. Bonney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Coral reef ecosystem monitoring report for America Samoa, 2002-2006 / ([Washington, DC] : United States Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, 2008), by Russell Brainard (page images at HathiTrust)
• The structure and distribution of coral reefs / (London : Smith, Elder, 1874), by Charles Darwin (page images at HathiTrust)
• The ecology of an Hawaiian coral reef, (Honolulu, Hawaii, The Museum, 1928), by Charles Howard Edmondson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The moral unity of the human race. [electronic resource] A sermon preached at the ordination of Luther Halsey Gulick, M.D., as a missionary to the Micronesian islands. With an appendix on the Coral Islands.../ (New York : M.W. Dodd, 1851), by Joseph P. Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)
• American Polynesia and the Hawaiian chain, (Honolulu, Hawaii, Tongg Publishing Company, 1942), by E. H. Bryan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• On the structure and distribution of coral reefs; also, Geological observations on the volcanic islands and parts of South America visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle. (London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock, and co., 1890), by Charles Darwin, John W. Judd, and Beagle Expedition (1831-1836) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Coral transplantation : a method to create, preserve, and manage coral reefs / ([Honolulu : University of Hawaii], 1974), by James Evans Maragos and University of Hawaii (Honolulu) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Wave transformation over shallow reef : (field measurements and data analysis) / ([Honolulu] : University of Hawaii, James K.K. Look Laboratory of Oceanographic Engineering, 1978), by Kerry P Black (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Les cotes et les recifs coralliens de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. (Paris, A. Colin, 1926), by William Morris Davis (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The islands and coral reefs of Fiji (Cambridge, Mass. [Museum of Comparative Zoology], 1899), by Alexander Agassiz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Draft environmental impact statement prepared on the proposed East and West Flower Gardens Marine Sanctuary / (Washington : The Office : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1979), by National Ocean Survey. Office of Coastal Zone Management (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hawaii, Ostmikronesien und Samoa; meine zweite Südseereise (1897-1899) zum Studium der Atolle und ihrer Bewohner, (Stuttgart : Strecker & Schröder, 1906), by Augustin Krämer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Corals and coral islands. (New York, Dodd & Mead, 1874), by James Dwight Dana (page images at HathiTrust)
• Methods of study in natural history / (Boston : Ticknor and Fields, 1866, c1863), by Louis Agassiz (page images at HathiTrust)
• On coral reefs and islands. (New York, G. P. Putnam & co., 1853), by James Dwight Dana (page images at HathiTrust)
• Key Largo Coral Reef Marine Sanctuary management plan ([Washington] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Coastal Zone Management, 1979), by National Ocean Survey. Office of Coastal Zone Management (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ground-water resources of the Laura area, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands / (Honolulu, Hawaii : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey ; Denver, Colo. : Books and Open-File Reports Section [distributor], 1987), by Scott N. Hamlin, Stephen S. Anthony, Geological Survey (U.S.), and Marshall Islands (page images at HathiTrust)
• De koraal-eilanden: fragment uit het dagboek van een natuuronderzoeker: De Aarde en haar Volken, 1875 (in Dutch), by Charles Darwin (Gutenberg ebook)

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