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Videos

  • REEF RELIEF-Coral Reefs: Rainforests of the Sea (1996) by the Oceanic Research Group in association with The Video Project (20 minutes). Introduction to the science, ecology, and importance of coral reefs, as well as an overview of the serious environmental problems confronting them. For middle and high school age students, it comes with a study guide (price is about $35.00).

Books

  • Duxbury Alyn, and Alison Duxbury, An introduction to the world’s Oceans, Fourth edition, Dubuque, Iowa: William C. Brown Publishers, 1994.
  • Cerullo, Mary M. Coral Reef: A City That Never Sleeps, New York: Cobblehill Books, 1996.
  • Greenberg, Jerry, and Idaz Greenberg. The Living Reef: Corals and Fishes of Florida, the Bahamas, Bermuda, and the Caribbean, Miami: Seahawk Press,1982.
  • Durrance, E.M., Radioactivity in Geology: Principles and Applications, New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1986.
  • Broecker, Wallace S., How to Build a Habitable Planet, New York: Eldigio Press, 1985.

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