Along Jamaica's 894 km (556 mi) of coastline are 763 km2 (295 sq mi) of coral reefs as of 2014. However, the reefs were once much larger. About 85% of Jamaica's...

worked extensively on the coral reefs of Jamaica, and many other reefs in the Pacific, Caribbean, and Red Sea. He is the son of renowned science photographer...

A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate...

worldwide study estimated that 19% of the existing area of coral reefs had already been lost. Only 46% of the world's reefs could be currently regarded as...

craters near the reef. Since then, hundreds of large deep-water coral reefs have been mapped and studied. About 60 percent of the reefs occur next to or...

(2000-04-01). "Importance of foraminifera for the formation and maintenance of a coral sand cay: Green Island, Australia". Coral Reefs. 19 (1): 51–58. doi:10...

researched the coral reefs of Jamaica and continues to conduct research on the impacts of global climate change, pollution, and new diseases in reefs across the...

definitions of atoll describe them as "annular reefs enclosing a lagoon in which there are no promontories other than reefs and islets composed of reef detritus"...

gonochoric pillar coral Dendrogyra cylindrus. Coral Reefs 37, 1087–1092 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-018-1730-x "Florida Reef Tract Coral Disease Outbreak:...

MCEs as these reefs are a crucial part of the coral reef systems serving as a potential refuge area for shallow coral reef taxa such as coral and sponges...

The resilience of coral reefs is the biological ability of coral reefs to recover from natural and anthropogenic disturbances such as storms and bleaching...

restoring coral reefs, which are dying off around the world. The process protects young corals while they are most at risk of dying. Small corals are propagated...

finds a reef it is able to attach to and grow back into a polyp, settling on a hard surface. Then the cycle repeats. Fire corals are found on reefs in tropical...

the plight of coral reefs around the world promoting the sharing of best practices in coral reef management and building capacity of coral reef managers...

(2006). "Carbonate production of an emergent reef platform, Warraber Island, Torres Strait, Australia" (PDF). Coral Reefs. 26: 53–68. doi:10.1007/s00338-006-0168-8...

Jamaica lies 140 km (87 mi) south of Cuba and 190 km (118 mi) west of Haiti. At its greatest extent, Jamaica is 235 km (146 mi) long, and its width varies...

(landslides), earthquakes, floods and hurricanes. Coral reefs in the Negril Marine Park (NMP), Jamaica, have been increasingly impacted by nutrient pollution...

abundant and important herbivore on the coral reefs of the western Atlantic and Caribbean basin. When the population of these sea urchins is at a healthy level...

Coral reefs in Norway (2002). Large Lophelia pertusa reef discovered off Røst in Lofoten. Archived 2012-08-29 at the Wayback Machine Institute of Marine...

Coral rag is a rubbly limestone composed of ancient coral reef material. The term also refers to the building blocks quarried from these strata, which...

Historically the Caribbean is thought to contain 14% of the world's coral reefs. The habitats supported by the reefs are critical to such tourist activities as...

the coasts of Bermuda and Jamaica. In Bermuda they are typically situated on reefs and platforms; 6 meters to 62 meters below the surface of the water...

of a natural body of water. Many reefs result from natural, abiotic processes but there are also reefs such as the coral reefs of tropical waters formed...

vegetation of bushes and some trees. Many shipwrecks are located in its vicinity. The bank lacks coral reefs and has minimal sediment cover. Accretion of the...

Profiles: Ruth Gates Is Working to Save Coral Reefs, retrieved 2018-10-28 "'Horrifying' research seeks to save Hawaii reefs » Yale Climate Connections". Yale...

implications for the biodiversity of Caribbean coral reefs. The disease was first detected in late 2014 when a few corals off Virginia Key, in Miami-Dade County...

known as the corky sea finger, is a species of a soft coral in the family Briareidae. It inhabits coral reefs and rocky bottoms in the Caribbean, Bahamas...

for her maiden voyage. While there, Indomitable ran aground on a coral reef near Jamaica, though she returned to service soon afterwards. This did mean...

boulder brain coral or large-grooved brain coral. It inhabits the slopes and tops of reefs, to a maximum depth of 50 metres (164 ft). It is characterised...

of Jamaica, 80.8 kilometres (50.2 mi) southwest from Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay. Westmoreland is the westernmost parish in Jamaica...