Works Cited

Although Coral Reefs are dying quickly, there are things to do in order to slow the dying process such as stop human interaction, stop pollution/clean up debris, and begin growing coral in safe places.

Works Cited

Allen, Greg. "Warming Waters Take Toll on Florida's Reefs." Npr: environment. 8 Sept. 2007. NPR. 15 Oct. 2008 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyid=14212267.This article talks specifically about Florida’s reefs and how global warming is drastically affecting the reefs. Their survival depends on certain temperatures and when those temperatures are changed, the reefs begin to die. The article talks about coral bleaching and explains a little about it. This article came from the National Public Radio site. It is posted for the public.

"Cleaner Water." The White House. Council on Environmental Quality. 15 Oct. 2008 http://www.whitehouse.gov/ceq/clean-water.html#16.This site shows the many ways the Bush Administration have helped to change the environment. One of these ways is by helping to protect the coral reefs. The administration backs the Coral Reef Task Force, who partake in operations to save coral. This is good for me because it shows how people are getting involved and what kinds of things they are initiating.

"Climate change." (n.d.). 10 Apr. 2007. TOPICsearch. EBSCO. University of Alaska Fairbanks Rasmuson Library, Fairbanks, AK. 15 Oct. 2008 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=tth&AN=9FY1624323164&site=ehost-live.This article talked about the global warming and its effects on the coral. It gave an in-depth look at how the coral was being affected. This is a good source, because it was from the Ebsco-Host data base. It is directed towards anyone who is interested in reefs and the global warming effects.

"Coral." Conservative Science Institute. CSI. 29 Sept. 2008 <http://www.conservationinstitute.org/coral.htm>.This website is that of an organization that are together to help conserve science. They have several programs involving the reefs and how to help them. The site talks about coral, what kinds of things have been detrimental to it, and some ways to stop or at least slow the process of the dying reefs. The CSI are a legitimate source because they have programs to help the reefs and they are knowledgeable of how the reefs are deteriorating.

"Coral Reef Protection." Habitat Protection. 11 June 2008. U.S. EPA. 15 Oct. 2008 http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/coral/.This is a great source because it is an actual government agency. They are specifically together t protect habitats. They do research on the reefs and try to find ways of fixing it. They get together with other organizations who are inclined to help save the reefs and they initiate action towards saving the reefs. The audience here is pretty much anyone who is interested in the work they achieve.

Dean, Cornelia. "Coral reefs without human intervention found to be healthier." San Fransisco Chronicle 26 Feb. 2008: A-7. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/26/MN9DV8JJJ.DTLDean’s Article is about the research done in Hawaii that shows the difference between coral with and without human interaction. This is a good article because it has research backing it up and it proves a point. It shows how the corals are healthier when left undisturbed, away from humans. This article is mainly to show people that they should not mess with the coral and it is also directed to other organizations so they can help spread the word.

"Endangered Coral Reefs Could Face Extinction." Island Business. 2007. 30 Sept. 2008 <http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containernametoreplace=middlemiddle/focusmoduleid=130/focuscontentid=13462/tablename=mediarelease/overideskinname=newsarticle-full.tpl>.This article was written by people who are actually experiencing the reefs deterioration. They talk of how the reefs are bothered by human interaction and how this is a major cause to their downfall. They say that one solution to saving our earth’s coral is to stop touching it, breaking it, or interacting with it in any way. This article was being written to anyone who is uninformed or to those who interact with coral.

Environmental News Network staff. "Desert storms could be kiss of death for coral." CNN: Nature. 8 Mar. 2000. CNN. 15 Oct. 2008 http://archives.cnn.com/2000/nature/03/08/coral.sand.enn/index.html.This CNN news article explains how desert storms and other natural disasters affect the reefs. It talks mainly about a certain desert storm and how it ruined much of the coral research and development that was taking place back in 2000. This article was written to inform the people so that they know what is happening to the coral. The articles are all directed to the public to help them understand what should and shouldn’t be done.

Kirby, Alex. "Rare and Endangered: Coral Reefs." CDNN. 29 Sept. 2008 <http://www.cdnn.info/news/article/a010911.html>.This is a great article because the writer, Alex Kirby, is a diver and has seen all the coral damage. He has the knowledge of the reefs. He wants to fix it and he tells of ways to do so and ways that the reefs are being harmed. He says that the rate the coral is dying is too fast for scientists to keep up to try and save it. This too, is pointed towards the uninformed in hopes that they will get involved.

Mark Henderson Science Editor. 9 June 2008. "Global warming making sea an 'acid bath'." (n.d.). TOPICsearch. EBSCO.University of Alaska Fairbanks Rasmuson Library, Fairbanks, AK. 15 Oct. 2008 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=tth&AN=7EH2149143007&site=ehost-live.The article here is written to inform people about global warming and how it is affecting the coral reefs. It is killing the reefs and it is a good article for me because I can see how reefs are affected across the world from this article. It is another Ebsco-Host article which makes it legitimate for sources.

Maynard, JA; Anthony, KRN; Marshall, PA; Masiri, I. "Major bleaching events can lead to increased thermal tolerance in corals." Marine Biology [Mar. Biol.]. Vol. 155, no. 2, 2008: 173-182. ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts. CSA Ilumina. University of Alaska Fairbanks Rasmuson Library, Fairbanks, AK. 15 Oct. 2008 http://csaweb113v.csa.com/ids70/view_record.php?id=3&recnum=7&log=from_res&SID=tp4os44aupnbdjmg5q5607mb27&mark_id=search%3A3%3A47%2C0%2C10.This journal was interesting in that the author experimented and did research on the bleaching of reefs. It is a good source because it is from Ebsco-Host. It relates to my topic because it is one of the detrimental variables for coral and their research is trying to show otherwise. This article is focused more towards scholarly people and hose interested in the experiments done on the coral destruction.

Michael Sheridan. "Coral transplants rebuild reefs wrecked in tsunami." (n.d.). 15 Oct. 2006. TOPICsearch. EBSCO. University of Alaska Fairbanks Rasmuson Library, Fairbanks, AK. 15 Oct. 2008 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=tth&AN=7EH3015538549&site=ehost-live.This article was very interesting to me. It tells of scientists “rebuilding” coral. In other words, they are giving the reefs a special place to grow so they are unharmed by the human touch. The only problem is that they were still susceptible to mother nature. It is a good source because it shows one of the efforts to save coral reefs.

N.A. "Ocean life pays price of rise in pollution." (n.d.). 5 Aug. 2003. TOPICsearch. EBSCO. University of Alaska Fairbanks Rasmuson Library, Fairbanks, AK. 15 Oct. 2008 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=tth&AN=200307051007104810&site=ehost-live.This article explains how the debris and pollution given off my humans is affecting the reefs. If every person picked up one piece of trash/debris is would clean up the ocean a huge amount and would give the reefs a bit of a fighting chance. This is a good article because it talks about the pollution threat to coral. This article is aimed at people who are interested in knowing about the coral reefs or those who want to know how the pollution is affecting our planet.

Oliver, Rachel. "All About: Coral Reefs." CNN: EcoSolutions. 11 Dec. 2007. CNN. 15 Oct. 2008 http://www.cnn.com/2007/business/12/10/reefs.canaries/index.html?section=cnn_latest.This CNN article written by Rachel Oliver is about the coral reefs. It describes them, their uses, how they are being destroyed and examples or ideas of ways to fix them. This is a great source because it is basic and easy to understand. It is capable of relaying a strong message to people with simple wording.

Skoloff, Brian. "NOAA report: US coral reefs in severe decline." SFGate.com. 7 July 2008.SFC.15 Oct. 2008 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/07/07/national/a140231d01.dtl&type=printable.This article talked about the coral reef numbers severely declining. They are not doing too well. The article gave statistics and data related to the decline. This is a good source because of the statistics it gives and also because it talks about my topic: The decline of coral. The article is written to the public so that they will understand how bad the decline really is.