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Albins, M.A. and M.A. Hixon. 2008. Invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans reduce recruitment of Atlantic coral-reef fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 367: 233-238.
Ault, J.S., and S.G. Smith. 2007 (edited by J.C. Lang). Statistical sampling design analysis of the AGRRA Caribbean coral (benthos) database. University of Miami, Florida. Final Report to the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program. 35 p.
Brandt, M.E. 2009. The effects of species and colony size on the bleaching response of reef-building corals in the Florida Keys during the 2005 mass bleaching event. Coral Reefs 28: 911-924.
Bruckner, A. 2002. Appendix II Coral Health and Mortality. Recognizing the signs of coral diseases and predators. Pp. 240-278 in P. Humann and N. DeLoach. Reef Coral Identification. New World Publications, Inc.
Bruckner, A. 2009. Field Guide to Western Atlantic Coral Diseases. 21 pp.
Cochran, WG. 1977. Sampling Techniques. 3rd edition. John Wiley, NY, 428 pp.
Floeter, S.R., M.D. Behrens, C.E.L. Ferreira, M.J. Paddack and M.H. Horn. 2005. Geographical gradients of marine herbivorous fishes: patterns and processes. Marine Biology 147: 1435-1447.
Florida Reef Resilience Program. 2009a. FRRP Coral Bleaching In-water Rapid Assessment Protocol. PDF file available at: http://frrp.org/DRM%20PRESENTATIONS.htm
Florida Reef Resilience Program. 2009b. Sampling Design 2009. PDF file available at: http://frrp.org/DRM%20PRESENTATIONS.htm
Freshwater, D.W., A. Hines, S. Parham, A. Wilbur, M. Sabaeoun, J. Woodhead, L. Akins, B. Purdy, P.E. Whitfield, C.B. Paris. 2009. Mitochondrial control region sequence analyses indicate dispersal from the US East Coast as the source of the invasive Indo-Pacific lionfish Pterois volitans in the Bahamas. Marine Biology 156: 1213-1221.
Harborne, A.R., P.G. Renaud, E.H.M. Tyler, P.J. Mumby. 2009. Reduced density of the herbivorous urchin Diadema antillarum inside a Caribbean marine reserve linked to increased predation pressure by fishes. Coral Reefs 28: 783-791.
Hill, J. and C. Wilkinson. 2004. Methods for Ecological Monitoring of Coral Reefs. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 117 pp.
Kramer, P.A. 2003. Synthesis of coral reef health indicators for the western Atlantic: results of the AGRRA program (1997-2000). Atoll Res. Bull. Pp. 1-55 in J.C. Lang (ed.), Status of Coral Reefs in the western Atlantic: Results of initial Surveys, Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) Program. Atoll Res. Bull. 496.
McCormick, M.I. 1994. Comparison of field methods for measuring surface topography and their associations with a tropical fish assemblage. Marine Ecology Progress Series 112: 87-96.
Miller, S.L. 2005. Rapid assessment and monitoring of coral reef habitats in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Quick Look Report: Summer 2005 Keys-Wide Sampling. National Underseas Research Center, University of North Carolina at Wilmington. 11 pp. PDF file available at: http://people.uncw.edu/millers/CoralReef_QuickLooks.htm
Miller, S.L., M. Chiappone and L.M. Rutten. 2008. Large-scale Assessment of Marine Debris and Benthic Coral Reef Organisms in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. 2008 Quick Look Report and Data Summary. Center for Marine Science, Univ. North Carolina-Wilmington, Key Largo, FL. 271 pp. PDF file available at: http://people.uncw.edu/millers/CoralReef_QuickLooks.htm
Mumby, P.J., C.P. Dahlgren, A.R. Harborne, C.V. Kappel, F. Micheli, D.R. Brumbaugh, K.E. Holmes, J.M. Mendes, K. Broad, J.N. Sanchirico, K. Buch, S. Box, R.W. Stoffle, A.B. Gill. 2006. Fishing, trophic cascades, and the process of grazing on coral reefs. Science 311: 98-101.
Murdock, T.J.T. and R.B. Aronson. 1999. Scale-dependent spatial variability of coral assemblages along the Florida Reef Tract. Coral Reefs 18: 341-351.
Nemeth, R.S., L.D. Whaylen and C.V. Pattengill-Semmens. 2003. A rapid assessment of coral reefs in the Virgin Islands (Part 2: fishes). Pp. 566-589, in J.C. Lang (ed.), Status of Coral Reefs in the western Atlantic: Results of initial Surveys, Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) Program. Atoll Research Bulletin 496.
Nugues, M.M. and C.M. Roberts. 2003. Partial mortality in massive reef corals as an indicator of sediment stress on coral reefs. Marine Pollution Bulletin 46: 314–323.
Obura, D. and G. Grimsditch. 2009. Resilience Assessment of Coral Reefs. Rapid assessment protocol for coral reefs, focusing on coral bleaching and thermal stress. IUCN Resilience Science Group Working Paper Series - No. 5. 70 + 6 unnumbered pp. Note: designed for Indo-Pacific reefs.
Raymundo, L.J., C.S. Couch and C. D. Harvell, (eds.). 2008. Coral Disease Handbook. Guidelines for Assessment, Monitoring & Management. Currie Communications, Melbourne, Australia. 121 pp.
Sale, P.F. and B.J. Sharp. 1983. Correction for bias in visual transect censuses of coral reef fishes. Coral Reefs 2: 37-42.
Schofield, P.J. 2009. Geographic extent and chronology of the invasion of non-native lionfish (Pterois volitans [Linnaeus 1758] and P. miles [Bennett 1828]) in the Western North Atlantic and Caribbean Sea. Aquatic Invasions 4: 473-479.
Slingsby, S,N. 2003. Patterns of Association and Interactions Between Juvenile Corals and Macroalgae in the Caribbean. M.S. Thesis. University of North Carolina at Wilmington. 62 pp.
Smith, S.G., D.W. Swanson, J.S. Ault, M. Chiappone and S.L. Miller. Undated mss. Sampling survey design for Florida Keys coral reef assessments.
Smith, T.B., R.S. Nemeth, J. Blondeau, J.M. Calnan, E. Kadison, S. Herzlieb. 2008. Assessing coral reef health across onshore to offshore stress gradients in the US Virgin Islands. Marine Pollution Bulletin 56: 1983-1991.
Spalding, M.D., H.E. Fox, G.R. Allen, N. Davidson, Z.A. Ferdaña, M. Finlayson, B.S. Halpern, M.A. Jorge, A. Lombanam, S.A. Lourie, K.D. Martin, E. McManus, J. Molnar, C.A. Recchia and J. Robertson. 2007. Marine ecoregions of the World: a bioregionalization of coastal and shelf areas. Bioscience 57: 573-583.
Steneck, R.S. 1985. Adaptations of crustose coralline algae to herbivory: patterns in space and time. pp. 353-356, in: D.F. Tooney and M. H. Nitecki eds., Paleoalgology: Contemporary Research and Applications. Berlin-Heidelberg. Springer-Verlag.
Steneck, R.S. and M.N. Dethier. 1994. A functional group approach to the structure of algal-dominated communities. Oikos 69: 476-498.
Stevens, D.L., and A.R. Olsen. 2004. Spatially balanced sampling of natural resources. Journal of the American Statistical Association 99: 262-278.
Sullivan, K., and G. Bustemante. 1999. Setting Geographic Priorities for Marine Conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Arlington, VA. The Nature Conservancy. 125 pages,
Weil, E., A.J. Hooten. 2008. Underwater Cards for Assessing Coral Health on Caribbean Reefs. Coral Reefs Targeted Research & Capacity Building for Management. Currie Communications, Melbourne, Australia. 21 + 3 unnumbered pp. PDF file available at: http://www.gefcoral.org/Portals/53/downloads/disease_products/
Zvuloni, A., Y. Artzy-Randrup, L. Stone, R. van Woesik and Y. Loya. 2008. Ecological size-frequency distributions: how to prevent and correct biases in spatial sampling. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 6: 144-152.
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