GENERAL INTEREST

Benchley, P. "Cuba Reefs." National Geographic 201.2 (Feb. 2002): 44–67. The reefs and coral keys of Cuba are home to spectacular gardens of sponges, fishes, and other organisms.

Chadwick, D. H. "Kingdom of Coral: Australia's Great Barrier Reef." National Geographic 199.1 (Jan. 2001): 30–57. A fabulous tour of the earth's largest reef area.

Maragos, J. and D. Gulko, eds. Coral Reef Ecosystems of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: Interim Results Emphasizing the 2000 Surveys. Honolulu, Hawaii: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, 2002. 46 pp.
http://www.hawaii.edu/ssri/hcri/files/nwhi_report.pdf

Marshall, J. "Why are Reef Fish so Colorful?" Scientific American Presents 9.3 (Fall 1998): 54–57. The often gaudy colors of reef fish serve to attract mates, fend off rivals, and deter predators.

Pain, S. "Swimming for Dear Life." New Scientist 155.2099 (13 Sept. 1997): 28–32. The tiny larvae of coral reef fishes are champion swimmers. They have to be.

Ross, J. F. "The Miracle of the Reef." Smithsonian 28.11 (Feb. 1998): 86–96. Scientists study mass coral spawning on reefs in Florida.
http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues98/feb98/coral.html

IN DEPTH

Baker, A. C. "Flexibility and Specificity in Coral-algal Symbiosis: Diversity, Ecology, and Biogeography of Symbiodinium." Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 34 (2003): 661–689.

Hedley, J. D. and P. F. Sale. "Are Populations of Reef Fish Open or Closed?" Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17 (2002): 422–428.

Kennedy, D. M. and C. D. Woodroffe. "Fringing Reef Growth and Morphology: A Review." Earth Science Reviews 57 (2002): 255–277.

Miller, M. W. "Coral/seawed Competition and the Control of Reef Community Structure Within and Between Latitudes." Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 36 (1998): 65–69.

Munday, P. L. and G. P. Jones. "The Implications of Small Body Size Among Coral-reef Fishes." Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 36 (1998): 373-411.

Spalding, M. A., C. Ravilious and E. P. Green. World Atlas of Coral Reefs. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. 424 pp.

Wilkinson, C., ed. Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2002. Townsville: Australian Institute of Marine Science, 2002. 378 pp.
http://www.aims.gov.au/pages/research/coral-bleaching/scr2002/scr-00.html