:* Coral Reefs: 0. 09 % of world

The territory was created in 1969 by the Coral Sea Islands Act ( before, the area was considered part of Queensland ) and extended in 1997 to include Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs nearly 800 km further South, already in the Tasman Sea.

Darwin now had the framework of his theory of natural selection " by which to work ", but he was fully occupied with his career as a geologist and held off writing a sketch of his theory until his book on The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs was completed in May 1842.

Its first recorded use in English was in 1625 as atollon-Charles Darwin recognized its indigenous origin and coined, in his The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, the definition of atolls as ".. circular groups of coral islets [...] and word is synonymous with ' lagoon-island '.

* Coral Reefs The Ocean Portal by Smithsonian Institution.

* Coral Reefs of the World by Susan Wells

* Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs ( Coral Sea and Island territory )

In 1842 in his first monograph, The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs Charles Darwin set out his theory of the formation of atoll reefs, an idea he conceived during the voyage of the Beagle.

* Census of Coral Reefs

* Coral Reef Protection: What Are Coral Reefs ?.

Coral Reefs in the South China Sea.

Coral Reefs Demonstration Sites in the South China Sea.

National Reports on Coral Reefs in the Coastal Waters of the South China Sea.

* How Coral Reefs Work

* ReefBase: A Global Information System on Coral Reefs

* Science and Management of Coral Reefs in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand

* Seminar on Corals and Coral Reefs by Nancy Knowlton ( Smithsonian )

Wetland type: Mangroves, Coral Reefs, Saltmarsh

* Watching Fishes: Life and Behavior on Coral Reefs ( 1985, with Roberta Wilson )

* ReefBase-A Global Information System on Coral Reefs

Coral Reefs in a beach in the city of Recife (" reef "), Brazil.

* Coral Reefs of the Tropics: facts, photos and movies from The Nature Conservancy

* Fran Brill ( Dive to the Coral Reefs )

In addition, some islands west of and belonging to New Caledonia are also part of the Coral Sea Islands in a geographical sense, such as the Chesterfield Islands and Bellona Reefs.

The outer edge of the Great Barrier Reef is the boundary between Queensland and the Coral Sea Islands Territory.

( See also Virgin Islands National Park, Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument, Buck Island Reef National Monument, Christiansted National Historic Site, and Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve.

coral reefs include Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument and the Buck Island Reef National Monument ; more than half of Saint John and nearly all of Hassel Island are owned by the U. S. National Park Service

* Project AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Course

The southernmost atolls of the world are Elizabeth Reef at 29 ° 58 ' S, and nearby Middleton Reef at 29 ° 29 ' S, in the Tasman Sea, both of which are part of the Coral Sea Islands Territory.

* Coral Reef

Reef Madness: Charles Darwin, Alexander Agassiz, and the Meaning of Coral.

* Coral, The Reef & Marine Aquarium Magazine.

* Indo-Pacific Coral Reef Field Guide by Allen, G. R & R. Steene.

* Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific, Animals Life from Africa to Hawai ‘ i ( invertebrates ) by Gosliner, T., D. Behrens & G. Williams.

* NOAA CoRIS – Coral Reef Biology

* University of Southern Mississippi – Coral Reef Resource Guide

* Middleton Reef ( part of Coral Sea Islands Territory )

* Elizabeth Reef ( part of Coral Sea Islands Territory )

* Lihou Reef ( Coral Sea and Island territory )

They have compiled a Coral Reef Resilience Action Plan.

The University of Hawaii has come up with a Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program to help relocate and restore coral reefs in Hawaii.

Experimental Assessment of Coral Reef Rehabilitation Following Blast Fishing.

* International Coral Reef Initiative

* Moorea Coral Reef Long Term Ecological Research Site ( US NSF )