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Mesoamerican Reef:
Resources and Links
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WWF Recommended Resources
AT NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM
EarthPulse Expeditions: Belize
www.nationalgeographic.com/earthpulse/belize/
Go on expedition with oceanographer and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia Earle to the second largest barrier reef in the world.
News: Research Expedition Aimed at Halting Loss of Black Coral
news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/
06/0606_blackcoral.html
Learn more about efforts to preserve this threatened species.
World of the Crocodilians
www.nationalgeographic.com/crocmap/
Get up close with these reptiles.
AT WORLDWILDLIFE.ORG
Endangered Spaces: Mesoamerican Reef
www.worldwildlife.org/global200/spacessection.cfm?
sectionid=115&newspaperid=20&contentid=167
Learn more about this rich ecoregion's biodiversity and threats.
Expeditions in Conservation
www.worldwildlife.org/expeditions/reef/
Come along with WWF scientists as they track the underwater life of the Mesoamerican Reef, explore with local biologists, and dive in with 30-foot (10-meter) whale sharks.
Global 200: Mesoamerican Reef
www.panda.org/about_wwf/where_we_work/ecoregions
/global200/pages/regions/region235.htm
Learn more about the Mesoamerican Reef as one of WWF's Global 200 ecoregions, including major species and their specific threats.
World Wildlife Fund in Mexico
www.wwf.org.mx/coralreef.php
Go behind WWF Mexico's efforts to tackle problems in the Mesoamerican Reef System. Includes descriptions of current and ongoing projects, formation of the reef, and threats to its survival.
ELSEWHERE ON THE WEB
Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
www.coral.noaa.gov/gcrmn
Learn more from this global network, which monitors coral reefs and their user communities, encouraging local involvement by providing the methods, training, and equipment to collect data and produce coral reef status reports.
Green Reef
www.greenreefbelize.com/index.html
Read about this nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection of the Belize Barrier Reef through membership support, conservation education, and scientific research.
International Coral Reef Action Network
www.unep.ch/coral/icranplc.htm
As part of the United Nations Environment Program, ICRAN works actively with international partners around the world to reverse coral reef degradation and to implement sustainable use and conservation of coral reefs through international, national, and local support.
New World Publication's Marine Life Learning Center
www.fishid.com
Look up your favorites in this resource catalog for fish and marine life identification.
Reef Check
www.reefcheck.org
Explore this volunteer monitoring program created to measure the health of reefs around the world.
| Book | Earle, Sylvia. Atlas of the Ocean. 2001. |
| Book | Forces of Change: A New View of Nature. 2000. |
| Book | Earle, Sylvia, and Henry Wolcott. Wild Ocean: America's Park Under the Sea. 1999. |
| Book | National Geographic Book of Mammals. 1998. |
| Book | Last Wild Places. 1996. |
| Book | Animal Kingdoms: Wildlife Sanctuaries of the World. 1995. |
| Book | Davidson, Osha Gray. The Enchanted Braid: Coming to Terms With Nature on the Coral Reef. 1998. |
| Book | Edited by Paul Humann and Ned Deloach. The Reef Set (3 Volumes Boxed). 1994. |
| Book | Sapp, Jan. What Is Natural?: Coral Reef Crisis. 1999. |
| Book | Hodgson, Gregor and Jennifer Liebeler. The Global Coral Reef Crisis: Trends and Solutions. 2002. |
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spiny lobster by
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