Scientific Studies

Scientific Studies

• Torres, Sarah Frias. Should the Critically Endangered Goliath grouper Epinephelus itajara be culled in Florida?. Oryx, Available on CJO doi:10.1017/S0030605312000361
• Evaluations of turtle excluder device (TED) performance in the U.S. Southeast Atlantic and Gulf of Mexicos kimmer trawl fisheries. By Blake Price and Jeff Gearhart. NOAA, NMFS. May 2011
• Right From the Start: Open-ocean Aquaculture in the United States. Ocean Conservancy. March 2011
• Goliath Grouper Review & Discussion Feb. 23, 2011. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
• Wanted dead or alive? The relative value of reef sharks as a fishery and an ecotourism asset in Palau. GMS Vianna,  MG Meekan1, D Pannell, S Marsh and JJ Meeuwig. 2010
• Fewer Fish in Caribbean Reefs by Nils Br. 2009
• Landmark U.S. Geological Survey Study Demonstrates How Methylmercury, Known to Contaminate Seafood, Originates in the Ocean by David Krabbenhoft & Company
• Waste from Fish Farming Spreads Far by Catherine Ho. 2009
• Too few fish in the sea: How governments can prevent a complete wipeout of seafood species by curbing the number of fishing boats. – David Helwarg. November 2006
• You Are What You Fish By Jim Harper BBT Columnist
• IN DEAD WATER: MERGING OF CLIMATE CHANGE WITH POLLUTION, OVER-HARVEST, AND INFESTATIONS IN THE WORLD’S FISHING GROUNDS UNEP Feb. 2008
• The Loss of Large Fish on Coral Reefs by Doug Fenner, Ph.D. 2008
• Ronan Fablet, Laure Pecquerie, He´ le`ne de Pontual, Hans Høie, Richard Millner, Henrik Mosegaard, Sebastian A. L. M. Kooijman. Shedding Light on Fish Otolith Biomineralization Using a Bioenergetic Approach
• Global human footprint on the linkage between diversity and ecosystem functioning in reef fishes. PlosBiology 9: e1000606.
• Mora C, Treml E, Robert J, Crosby K, Roy D, Tittensor DP. (2011) High connectivity among habitats precludes the relationship between dispersal and range size in tropical reef fishes. Ecography 35, 89-96.
• Ward-Paige C, Mora C, Lotze H, McClenachan L. (2010). Large-scale absence of sharks on reefs in the Greater-Caribbean: A footprint of human population impacts. PlosOne  5, e11968.
• Mora C, Maya MF (2006) Effect of the rate of temperature increase of the dynamic method on the heat tolerance of fishes. Journal of Thermal Biology 31, 337-341.
• Mora C, Robertson D (2005) Causes of latitudinal gradients in species richness: a test with fishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific. Ecology 86, 1771-1792.
• Hogan Mora C, Sale PF (2002) Are populations of coral reef fishes open or closed? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17, 422-428. D, Mora C (2005) Experimental assessment of the importance of swimming and drifting to the displacement of reef fish larvae. Marine Biology 147, 1213-1220.
• Mora C (2004) The importance of dispersal in coral reef fishes. Ph.D. Dissertation.
• Ospina AF, Mora C (2004) Effect of body size on the thermal tolerance of reef fishes. Environmental Biology of Fishes 70, 339-343.
• Mora C, Chittaro P, Sale PF, Kritzer J, Ludsin S (2003) Patterns and processes in reef fish diversity. Nature 421, 933-936.
• Mora C, Sale PF (2002) Are populations of coral reef fishes open or closed? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17, 422-428.
• Mora C.  (2001) Dispersal of reef fishes by rafting. Reef Encounter 29, 16-17.
• Musick, J.A. 1999. Criteria to define risk in marine fishes. fisheries 24 (12): 6-14
• Smith, Steven G., et al. “Multispecies survey design for assessing reef-fish stocks, spatially explicit management performance, and ecosystem condition.” Fisheries Research 109.1 (2011): 25-41.
• Status of Stocks 2011: Annual Report to Congress on the Status of U.S. Fisheries
• Bender, M. G., Floeter, S. R., Mayer, F., Vila-Nova, D.A., Longo, G. O., Hanazaki, N., Carvalho-Filho, A. & Ferreira, C. E. L. 2013. Biological attributes and major threats as predictors of the vulnerability of species: a case study with Brazilian reef fishes. Oryx – The International Journal of Conservation, 47: 259–265.
• Mumby et al. (2013) On the relationship between native grouper and invasive lionfish in the Caribbean. PeerJ PrePrints 1:e45v1
• Newton, K., Cote, I. M., Pilling, G. M., Jennings, S., & Dulvy, N. K. (2007). Current and future sustainability of island coral reef fisheries. Current Biology, 17(7), 655-658.
• Jonathan L. W. Ruppert, Michael J. Travers, Luke L. Smith, Marie-Josée Fortin, Mark G. Meekan. Caught in the Middle: Combined Impacts of Shark Removal and Coral Loss on the Fish Communities of Coral Reefs. PLoS ONE, 2013; 8 (9): e74648 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074648
• Loh, T. L., & Pawlik, J. R. (2014). Chemical defenses and resource trade-offs structure sponge communities on Caribbean coral reefs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201321626.

• Rachel Gregg, Lara Hansen, Kirsten Feifel, Jessica Hitt, Alex Score, Jennie Hoffman, and Jessi Kershner January 15, 2011 The State of Marine and Coastal Adaptation in North America: A Synthesis of Emerging Ideas
• Kenkel CD, Aglyamova G, Alamaru A, Bhagooli R, Capper R, et al. (2011) Development of Gene Expression Markers of Acute Heat-Light Stress in Reef-Building Corals of the Genus Porites. PLoS ONE 6(10): e26914. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026914
• Experts create first legal roadmap to tackle ocean acidification ‘hotspots’
• Rising Temps Puts Sea Life at Risk
• Climate change and the greenhouse effect A briefing from the Hadley Centre December 2005
• C.D. Harvell, K. Kim, J.M. Burkholder, R.R. Coldwell, P.R. Epstein, D.J. Grimes, E.E. Hofmann, E.K. Lipp, A.D.M.E. Osterhaus, R.M. Overstreet, J.W. Porter, G.W. Smith, G. R. Vasta. Emerging Marine Diseases – Climate Links  SCIENCE Magazine Article VOL. 285 (September 3, 1999)
• Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs and other Marine Calcifiers: A Guide for Future Research
• The Carbon Boom
• Need To Monitor Atmospheric Impacts of South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Project Thomas J. Goreau, PhD, President, Global Coral Reef Alliance December 3 2004
• Climate Change Concerns for Everglades Restoration Planning
• The Ocean in a High-CO2 World on 10-12 May 2004 in Paris, France Report
• Global Warming Could Kill Most Reefs By 2100 by Peter Pockley NATURE Magazine Article VOL. 400 (July 8, 1999)
• Climate Change Coral Bleaching and the Future of the World’s Coral Reefs. Ove Hoegh-Gulberg 1999
• Albright, R., Mason,B.., Miller, M., Langdon, C. 2010. Ocean acidification compromises recruitment success of threathened Caribbean coral Acropora palmata. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 101 (47): 20400-20404
• Ries, J. B. (2012). “Oceanography: A sea butterfly flaps its wings.” Nature. Geosci 5(12): 845-846
• Bruno JF, Selig ER, Casey KS, Page CA, Willis BL, et al. (2007) Thermal Stress and Coral Cover as Drivers of Coral Disease Outbreaks . PLoS Biol 5(6): e124. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050124
• One-Third of Reef-Building Corals Face Elevated Extinction Risk from Climate Change and Local Impacts. Kent E. Carpenter, Muhammad Abrar, Greta Aeby, et al. Science 25 July 2008: 321 (5888), 560-563.Published online 10 July 2008 [DOI:10.1126/science.1159196] 
• Munday, P. L., Jones, G. P., Pratchett, M. S., & Williams, A. J. (2008). Climate change and the future for coral reef fishes. Fish and Fisheries, 9(3), 261-285
• Kolian, Steve R., Porter, Scott et al (2012). “Depuration of Macondo (MC-252) Oil Found in Heterotrophic Scleractian Corals (Tubastrea Coccinea and Tubastrea Micranthus) on Offshore Oil/Gas Platforms in the Gulf.” Gulf and Caribbean Research Vol 25. (2013) 99-1
• Smith, T. B., et al. “Convergent mortality responses of Caribbean coral species to seawater warming.” Ecosphere 4.7 (2013): art87
• Storlazzi, C. D., et al. “Rapid fluctuations in flow and water-column properties in Asan Bay, Guam: implications for selective resilience of coral reefs in warming seas.” Coral Reefs: 1-13.
• Nordemar, Ingrid. Human Abuses of Coral Reefs-Adaptive Responses and Regime Transitions. Diss. Stockholm, 2004.
• Ateweberhan, Mebrahtu, et al. “Climate change impacts on coral reefs: Synergies with local effects, possibilities for acclimation, and management implications.” Marine pollution bulletin (2013).
• Maynard, J. A., et al. “Building resilience into practical conservation: identifying local management responses to global climate change in the southern Great Barrier Reef.” Coral Reefs 29.2 (2010): 381-391.
• Schnitzler, C. E., et al. “Elevated temperature impairs onset of symbiosis and reduces survivorship in larvae of the Hawaiian coral, Fungia scutaria.” Marine biology 159.3 (2012): 633-642.
• Keshavmurthy, Shashank, et al. “Symbiont communities and host genetic structure of the brain coral Platygyra verweyi, at the outlet of a nuclear power plant and adjacent areas.” Molecular Ecology 21.17 (2012): 4393-4407.
• Jones, Alison M., and Ray Berkelmans. “Tradeoffs to thermal acclimation: energetics and reproduction of a reef coral with heat tolerant Symbiodinium type-D.” Journal of Marine Biology 2011 (2011).
• Mayfield, Anderson B., et al. “The effects of a variable temperature regime on the physiology of the reef-building coral Seriatopora hystrix: results from a laboratory-based reciprocal transplant.” The Journal of Experimental Biology 215.23 (2012): 4183-4195
• Coles, Steve L., and Bernhard M. Riegl. “Thermal tolerances of reef corals in the Gulf: A review of the potential for increasing coral survival and adaptation to climate change through assisted translocation.” Marine pollution bulletin (2012).
• Polato, Nicholas R., Naomi S. Altman, and Iliana B. Baums. “Variation in the transcriptional response of threatened coral larvae to elevated temperatures.” Molecular ecology (2013).
• Woesik, Robert, et al. “Climate‐change refugia in the sheltered bays of Palau: analogs of future reefs.” Ecology and evolution 2.10 (2012): 2474-2484.
• Baums, I. B., et al. “Genotypic variation influences reproductive success and thermal stress tolerance in the reef building coral, Acropora palmata.” Coral Reefs (2012): 1-15.
• Gates, Ruth D., and Tracy D. Ainsworth. “The nature and taxonomic composition of coral symbiomes as drivers of performance limits in scleractinian corals.” Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 408.1 (2011): 94-101.
• Kenkel, C. D., E. Meyer, and M. V. Matz. “Gene expression under chronic heat stress in populations of the mustard hill coral (Porites astreoides) from different thermal environments.” Molecular ecology (2013).
• Hernández-Pacheco, R., E. A. Hernández-Delgado, and A. M. Sabat. “Demographics of bleaching in a major Caribbean reef-building coral: Montastraea annularis.” Ecosphere 2.1 (2011): art9.
• Selig, Elizabeth R., Kenneth S. Casey, and John F. Bruno. “Temperature‐driven coral decline: the role of marine protected areas.” Global Change Biology 18.5 (2012): 1561-1570.
• Donner, Simon D., Scott F. Heron, and William J. Skirving. “Future scenarios: a review of modelling efforts to predict the future of coral reefs in an era of climate change.” Coral Bleaching. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009. 159-173.
• Dalton, Steven J., and Andrew G. Carroll. “Monitoring coral health to determine coral bleaching Response at high latitude eastern Australian reefs: an applied model for a changing climate.” Diversity 3.4 (2011): 592-610.
• Done, Terry, et al. “Global climate change and coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef.” Final Report to the State of Queensland Greenhouse Taskforce through the Department of Natural Resources and Mines 49 (2003).
• Kvitt, Hagit, et al. “Regulation of apoptotic pathways by Stylophora pistillata (Anthozoa, Pocilloporidae) to survive thermal stress and bleaching.” PloS one 6.12 (2011): e28665
• Van Woesik, Robert, Kazuyo Shiroma, and Semen Koksal. “Phenotypic variance predicts symbiont population densities in corals: a modeling approach.” PloS one 5.2 (2010): e9185.
• Donner, Simon D. “An evaluation of the effect of recent temperature variability on the prediction of coral bleaching events.” Ecological Applications 21.5 (2011): 1718-1730.
• Ragni, Maria, et al. “PSII photoinhibition and photorepair in Symbiodinium (Pyrrhophyta) differs between thermally tolerant and sensitive phylotypes.” Mar Ecol Prog Ser 406 (2010): 57-70.
• Przeslawski, Rachel, et al. “Beyond corals and fish: the effects of climate change on noncoral benthic invertebrates of tropical reefs.” Global Change Biology 14.12 (2008): 2773-2795.
• Fisher, P. L., M. K. Malme, and S. Dove. “The effect of temperature stress on coral–Symbiodinium associations containing distinct symbiont types.” Coral Reefs 31.2 (2012): 473-485.
• Putnam, Hollie M., Peter J. Edmunds, and Tung‐Yung Fan. “Effect of a fluctuating thermal regime on adult and larval reef corals.” Invertebrate Biology 129.3 (2010): 199-209.
• Oliver, T. A., and S. R. Palumbi. “Many corals host thermally resistant symbionts in high-temperature habitat.” Coral Reefs 30.1 (2011): 241-250.
• Bellantuono, Anthony J., Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, and Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty. “Resistance to thermal stress in corals without changes in symbiont composition.” Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279.1731 (2012): 1100-1107
• Yakob, Laith, and Peter J. Mumby. “Climate change induces demographic resistance to disease in novel coral assemblages.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108.5 (2011): 1967-1969.
• Coffroth, Mary Alice, et al. “Environmental symbiont acquisition may not be the solution to warming seas for reef-building corals.” PloS one 5.10 (2010): e13258.
• Helmuth, Brian, et al. “Organismal climatology: analyzing environmental variability at scales relevant to physiological stress.” The Journal of Experimental Biology 213.6 (2010): 995-1003.
• Barshis, D. J., et al. “Protein expression and genetic structure of the coral Porites lobata in an environmentally extreme Samoan back reef: does host genotype limit phenotypic plasticity?.” Molecular ecology 19.8 (2010): 1705-1720.
• Littman, Raechel A., David G. Bourne, and Bette L. Willis. “Responses of coral‐associated bacterial communities to heat stress differ with Symbiodinium type on the same coral host.” Molecular Ecology 19.9 (2010): 1978-1990.
• Baskett, Marissa L., Steven D. Gaines, and Roger M. Nisbet. “Symbiont diversity may help coral reefs survive moderate climate change.” Ecological Applications 19.1 (2009): 3-17.
• Oliver, T. A., and S. R. Palumbi. “Do fluctuating temperature environments elevate coral thermal tolerance?.” Coral Reefs 30.2 (2011): 429-440.
• Meyer, E., G. V. Aglyamova, and M. V. Matz. “Profiling gene expression responses of coral larvae (Acropora millepora) to elevated temperature and settlement inducers using a novel RNA‐Seq procedure.” Molecular Ecology 20.17 (2011): 3599-3616.
• Cinner, J., McClanahan, T., Wamukota, A., Darling, E., Humphries, A., Hicks, C., Huchery, C., Marshall, N., Hempson, T., Graham, N., Bodin,Ö., Daw, T. & Allison, E. 2013. /Social-ecological vulnerability ofcoral reef fisheries to climatic shocks. /*FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular No. 1082. Rome, FAO. 63 pp.
• Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, et al. “Coral reefs under rapid climate change and ocean acidification.” science 318.5857 (2007): 1737-1742.
• Donner, Simon D., et al. “Global assessment of coral bleaching and required rates of adaptation under climate change.” Global Change Biology 11.12 (2005): 2251-2265
• Coles, S. L., and Barbara E. Brown. “Coral bleaching—capacity for acclimatization and adaptation.” Advances in marine biology 46 (2003): 183-223.
• Guest, James R., et al. “Contrasting patterns of coral bleaching susceptibility in 2010 suggest an adaptive response to thermal stress.” Plos One 7.3 (2012): e33353.
• Moe, S. Jannicke, et al. “Combined and interactive effects of global climate change and toxicants on populations and communities.” Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 32.1 (2013): 49-61.
• Foden, Wendy B., et al. “Identifying the World’s Most Climate Change Vulnerable Species: A Systematic Trait-Based Assessment of all Birds, Amphibians and Corals.” PLOS ONE 8.6 (2013): e65427.
• Selig, Elizabeth Rose. Effects of changing temperatures on coral reef health: Implications for management. ProQuest, 2008.
• Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Mumby, P. J., Hooten, A. J., Steneck, R. S., Greenfield, P., Gomez, E., … & Hatziolos, M. E. (2007). Coral reefs under rapid climate change and ocean acidification. science, 318(5857), 1737-1742.
• Kennedy, E. V., Perry, C. T., Halloran, P. R., Iglesias-Prieto, R., Schönberg, C. H., Wisshak, M., … & Mumby, P. J. (2013). Avoiding Coral Reef Functional Collapse Requires Local and Global Action. Current Biology.
• Done, T., & Jones, R. (2006). Tropical coastal ecosystems and climate change prediction: global and local risks. Coral reefs and climate change: science and management, 5-32.
• Manzello, D. P., Enochs, I. C., Melo, N., Gledhill, D. K., & Johns, E. M. (2012). Ocean acidification refugia of the Florida reef tract. PloS one, 7(7), e41715
• Pandolfi, John M., et al. “Projecting coral reef futures under global warming and ocean acidification.” Science 333.6041 (2011): 418-422.
• PCC Fifth Assessment Report Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis
• Bruno, John F. “Coral Reefs: Building a Better Crystal Ball.” Current Biology 23.11 (2013): R473-R475.
• Mora, C., Frazier, A. G., Longman, R. J., Dacks, R. S., Walton, M. M., Tong, E. J., … & Giambelluca, T. W. (2013). The projected timing of climate departure from recent variability. Nature, 502(7470), 183-187
• Vega Thurber, R. L., Burkepile, D. E., Fuchs, C., Shantz, A. A., McMinds, R. and Zaneveld, J. R. (2013), Chronic nutrient enrichment increases prevalence and severity of coral disease and bleaching. Global Change Biology. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12450
• Moore, Stephanie K., et al. “Impacts of climate variability and future climate change on harmful algal blooms and human health.” Environmental Health 7.2 (2008): S4.
• Richardson, Anthony J. “In hot water: zooplankton and climate change.” ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil 65.3 (2008): 279-295.
•  Guinotte, John M., and Victoria J. Fabry. “Ocean acidification and its potential effects on marine ecosystems.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1134.1 (2008): 320-342.
• Steinacher, M., et al. “Imminent ocean acidification in the Arctic projected with the NCAR global coupled carbon cycle-climate model.” (2009).
• Gilman, Eric L., et al. “Threats to mangroves from climate change and adaptation options: a review.” Aquatic Botany 89.2 (2008): 237-250.
• Gruber, Nicolas. “Warming up, turning sour, losing breath: ocean biogeochemistry under global change.” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 369.1943 (2011): 1980-1996.
• Doney, Scott C., et al. “Ocean acidification: the other CO2 problem.” Marine Science 1 (2009).
• Pereira, Henrique M., et al. “Scenarios for global biodiversity in the 21st century.” Science 330.6010 (2010): 1496-1501.
• Doney, Scott C. “The growing human footprint on coastal and open-ocean biogeochemistry.” Science 328.5985 (2010): 1512-1516.
• Fabry, Victoria J., et al. “Impacts of ocean acidification on marine fauna and ecosystem processes.” ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil 65.3 (2008): 414-432.
• Gruber, Nicolas, et al. “The vulnerability of the carbon cycle in the 21st century: An assessment of carbon-climate-human interactions.” SCOPE-SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON PROBLEMS OF THE ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC UNIONS 62 (2004): 45-76
• Burge CA, Eakin CM, Friedman CS, Froelich B, Hershberger PK, Hoffman EE, Petes LM, Prager KC, Weil E, Willis BL, Ford SE & CD Harvell. 2014. Climate change influences on marine infectious disease: implications for management and society. *Annual Reviews in Marine Science*.  6: 249-277
• Johnson, M.D., Moriarty, V.W. and Carpenter, R.C. 2014. Acclimatization of the crustose coralline alga Porolithon onkodes to variable pCO2. PLOS ONE 9: e87678.
• Palumbi, Stephen R., Daniel J. Barshis, Nikki Traylor-Knowles, and Rachael A. Bay. “Mechanisms of reef coral resistance to future climate change.” Science 344, no. 6186 (2014): 895-898.
• Pearson, Hadley Jo. “OCTOCORAL PHYSIOLOGY: CALCIUM CARBONATE COMPOSITION AND THE EFFECT OF THERMAL STRESS ON ENZYME ACTIVITY.” PhD diss., The University of Mississippi, 2014.
• Mora, Camilo, et al. “Biotic and human vulnerability to projected changes in ocean biogeochemistry over the 21st century.” PLoS biology 11.10 (2013): e1001682
• Enchroaching Tides: How Sealevel Rise and Tidal Flooding Threathen U.S. East and Gulf Coastal Communitites Over the Next 30 Years. Union of Concerned Scientists.  (2014)
• Manzello, Derek P., Ian C. Enochs, Nelson Melo, Dwight K. Gledhill, and Elizabeth M. Johns. “Ocean acidification refugia of the Florida Reef Tract.” PLoS One 7, no. 7 (2012): e41715.
• The Oceans 2015 Initiative, Part I. An updated synthesis of the observed and projected impacts of climate change on physical and biological processes in the oceans — E. Howes, F. Joos, M. Eakin, J.-P. Gattuso
• The Oceans 2015 Initiative, Part II. An updated understanding of the observed and projected impacts of ocean warming and acidification on marine and coastal socioeconomic activities/sectors — L. Weatherdon, A. Rogers, R. Sumaila, A. Magnan, W.L. Cheung

• A Case for Regulation of the Feeding of Fishes and Other Marine Wildlife by Divers and Snorkelers
• The Impacts of Climate Change on Australian Tourism Destinations
• Nola H. L. Barkerand Callum M. Roberts. 2004. Scuba diver behavior and the management of diving impacts on coral reefs.
• Julie P Hawkins, Callum M Roberts, T Van’t Hof, K De Meyer, Jamie Tratalos, Chloe Aldam. 1999. Effects of Recreational Scuba Diving on Caribbean Coral and Fish Communities
• The Environmental Impacts of Boating proceedings of a workshop held at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1998
• Anthony B. Rouphael, and Graeme J. Inglis. 1997. Impacts of recreational SCUBA diving at sites with different reef topographies.
• DerDerrin Davis and Clem Tisdell. 1995. Recreational scuba-diving and carrying capacity in marine protected areas.
• D. Medio, R. F. G. Ormond and M. Pearson. 1994. Effect of briefings on rates of damage to corals by scuba divers.
• Baruch Rinkevich. 1994. Restoration Strategies for Coral Reefs Damaged by Recreational Activities: The Use of Sexual and Asexual Recruits.
• Julie P Hawkins, C M Roberts. 1993. Effects of Recreational Scuba Diving on Coral Reefs: Trampling on Reef-Flat Communities.
• Kirkbride-Smith, A. E., Wheeler, P. M., & Johnson, M. L. (2013). The Relationship between Diver Experience Levels and Perceptions of Attractiveness of Artificial Reefs-Examination of a Potential Management Tool. PloS one, 8(7), e68899.
• Suman, D., Shivlani, M., & Walter Milon, J. (1999). Perceptions and attitudes regarding marine reserves: a comparison of stakeholder groups in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Ocean & Coastal Management, 42(12), 1019-1040.
• Park, T., Bowker, J. M., & Leeworthy, V. R. (2002). Valuing snorkeling visits to the Florida Keys with stated and revealed preference models. Journal of environmental management, 65(3), 301-312.
• Arin, T., & Kramer, R. A. (2002). Divers’ willingness to pay to visit marine sanctuaries: an exploratory study. Ocean & Coastal Management, 45(2), 171-183.
• Carr, L., & Mendelsohn, R. (2003). Valuing coral reefs: a travel cost analysis of the Great Barrier Reef. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 32(5), 353-357.
• Huang, J. C., Haab, T. C., & Whitehead, J. C. (1997). Willingness to pay for quality improvements: Should revealed and stated preference data be combined?. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 34(3), 240-255.
• Wielgus, J., Chadwick-Furman, N. E., Zeitouni, N., & Shechter, M. (2003). Effects of coral reef attribute damage on recreational welfare. Marine Resource Economics, 18(3), 225-238.
• Brander, Luke M., Pieter Van Beukering, and Herman SJ Cesar. “The recreational value of coral reefs: a meta-analysis.” Ecological Economics 63.1 (2007): 209-218.
• Brander, L. M., Van Beukering, P., & Cesar, H. S. (2007). The recreational value of coral reefs: a meta-analysis. Ecological Economics, 63(1), 209-218.Saphier, Adam D., and Tegan C. Hoffmann. “Forecasting models to quantify three anthropogenic stresses on coral reefs from marine recreation: Anchor damage, diver contact and copper emission from antifouling paint.” Marine Pollution Bulletin 51 (2005): 590-598

• Stormwater Pollution: Getting at the Source by Lawrence A. Baker
• Sewage-Contaminated Water Reaching Florida’s Offshore Keys, Study Finds Article adapted by Medical News Today from original press release.
• A Blooming Battle Over Red Tide By MIKE SALINERO The Tampa Tribune– June 2007
• An Ecotoxicological Assessment of Agricultural Nonpoint Source Runoff into Florida Bay and Surrounding Environments With an Emphasis on the Organochlorine Insecticide EndosulfanStudy
• Says Raw Sewage Killing Coral Reefs
• Anthropogenic nutrient enrichment of seagrass and coral reef communities in the Lower Florida Keys: discrimination of local versus regional nitrogen sources
• Case Study-Waste Nutrients: Impacts on Coastal Coral Reefs and Fisheries
• New Evidence Points to Pollution as Main Cause of Much Coral Reef Destruction
• Scientist: Everglades restoration may kill reefs in Florida Keys
• Sewage nutrients fuel coral disease
• An Evaluation of the Scientific Basis for “Restoring” Florida Bay by Increasing Freshwater Runoff from the Everglades.
• IS HISTORICAL RED TIDE RESEARCH VALID ?
• Nutrient Thresholds for Bottom-up Control of Macroalgal Blooms on Coral Reefs
• Nutrient Inputs from the Watershed and Coastal Eutrophication in the Florida Keys
• FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration Water Quality Assessment Report 2008 Florida Keys
• Occurrence of Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Surface Waters and the Subsurface Aquifer in Key Largo, Florida
• Dr. Maier’s Technical Survey: Drinking Water Treatment Facilities, EPA ICR Number 2176.01
• Final Report: Physiology and Ecology of Macroalgal Blooms on Coral Reefs off Southeast Florida
• Are us coral reefs on a slippery slope to slime
• Florida’s Harmful Algae Blooms Claims Thirteen Victims By Donald Sutherland 1999
• Florida Bay Nutrients: Perspectives on the july 1-2, 1996 workshop
• Syllabus for the Reef Care Curacao workshop on nutrient pollution. Dr. Lapointe 1998
• Final Environmental Assessment FKWQIP City of Key West Stormwater Treatment Wells 2005
• State of Florida Department of Community Affairs Areas of Critical State Concern,  Keys Annual Assessment Report 2006
• FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, Division of Water Resource Management, Water Quality Status Report, SOUTH • GROUP 5 BASIN • 2005, Florida Keys
• Waterfront Property Owners Guide, FL DEP 2008
• Water Quality : Frequently Asked Questions
• WATER QUALITY CONCERNS IN THE FLORIDA KEYS: SOURCES, EFFECTS, AND SOLUTIONS by WILLIAM L. KRUCZYNSKI, FLORIDA KEYS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY, WATER QUALITY PROTECTION PROGRAM. Sept.1999
• E.A. Shinn, Chris Reich, Don Hickey, Ann B. Tihansky. 1999. Determination of Groundwater-Flow Direction and Rate Beneath Florida Bay, the Florida Keys and Reef Tract.
• Increased Everglades Flows Impact Coral Reefs: A talk by Dr. Brian Lapointe. 1997
• JOHN H. PAUL, JOAN B. ROSE, JORDAN BROWN, EUGENE A. SHINN, STEVEN MILLER, AND SAMUEL R. FARRAH. 1995. Viral Tracer Studies Indicate Contamination of Marine Waters by Sewage Disposal Practices in Key Largo, Fl.
• Dilution Study – Key West POTW Discharge KEY WEST, FL (May 9-16, 1994)
• Key West Ocean Outfall Study:Synopsis of Rsesults and Conclusions. 1994
• INITIAL AND NEAR-FIELD SUBSEQUENT DILUTION AT THE KEY WEST OUTFALL. 1994
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• Green, Stephanie J.; Dulvy, Nicholas K.; Brooks, Annabelle L. M.; Akins, John L.; Cooper, Andrew B.; Miller, Skylar; Côté, Isabelle M. Linking removal targets to the ecological effects of invaders: a predictive model and field test. Ecol App, January 2014
• Ferreira CEL, Luiz OJ, Floeter SR, Lucena MB, Barbosa MC, et al. (2015) First Record of Invasive Lionfish (Pterois volitans) for the Brazilian Coast. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0123002. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123002

Other Studies/ Reports

• The State of Coral Reed Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2002
• The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2005
• The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2008
• Marine and Coastal Services at Risk: The Sleeping Dragon Tundi Agardy, Ph.D. ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies– Find out more about keeping the world’s coral reefs healthy with NOVA at the Australian Academy of Science.
• The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2005 The State of the world? It is on the brink of disaster Coral Reef Monitoring Project Executive Summary 2000 US Coral Reef Task Force: Public Comments Thomas J. Goreau, PhD, President Global Coral Reef Alliance December 2 2004 UNEP Yearbook 2010: New Science and Developments in our Changing Environment
• Global Trajectories of the Long-Term Decline of Coral Reef Ecosystems. Pandolfi, et al. Reefs at Risk Revisited. World Resources Institute. Feb. 2011
• Millennium Global Coral Reef Mapping Project, http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/news/news-archive/news_0031.html Mora C, Tittensor DP, Adl S, Simpson AGB, Worm B (2011).
• How many species are there on Earth and in the Ocean?. PlosBiology9: e1001127.
• Lidz, B. H., Reich, C. D., & Shinn, E. A. (2007). Systematic Mapping of Bedrock and Habitats Along the Florida Reef Tract-central Key Largo to Halfmoon Shoal (Gulf of Mexico). US Geological Survey
•  De’atha, Glenn ,  Katharina E. Fabriciusa, Hugh Sweatmana, and Marji Puotinenb. The 27–year decline of coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef and its causes. PNAS October 1, 2012 Dr. Brian Lapointe Comments for Reef Relief on FKNMS Mgt Plan. June 2012
• ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies (2012, July 12). Coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific 
• Blanchon P, Granados-Corea M, Abbey E, Braga JC, Braithwaite C, Kennedy DM, Spencer T, Webster JM, Woodroffe CD. (2014) Postglacial Fringing-Reef to Barrier-Reef conversion on Tahiti links Darwin’s reef types. Scientific Reports 4: 4997
• Breaking the Habit: Eliminating Our Dependence on Oil from the Gulf of Mexico by 2020, the Persian Gulf by 2023, and All Other Nations by 2030
• “Ocean Pulse” Coral Reef Awareness and Meaningful Science Education