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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deleted Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Coral Toxicity. | Oct 24, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Coral Reefs and Diversity. | Jul 06, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - The future of coral reefs. | May 19, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Coral Toxicity. | Apr 10, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Conservation Science - Degradation of coral reefs altered the community trophic structure and reduced the shoaling size of fish. | Apr 10, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CellPress - One Earth - Principles for coral reef restoration in the anthropocene. | Oct 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ACS Publications - Environmental Science and Technology - Toward a New Era of Coral Reef Monitoring. | Aug 29, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NASA - What is a Coral Reef? | Feb 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: UN Environment Programme - Coral Reefs. | May 04, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - What are coral Reefs? | Feb 02, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Geosciences LibreTexts - Coral reef. | Nov 25, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smithsonian Ocean - Corals and Coral Reefs. | Sep 07, 2022 | ||
| Deleted videos. | Jun 18, 2020 | ||
| New media added. | Jun 10, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 08, 2017 | ||
| Added video. | May 21, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Untamed Science - Coral Reefs Biome. | Sep 13, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Defenders of Wildlife - Coral Reef. | Aug 20, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - Types of Reef. | Nov 24, 2011 | ||
| Added photographs. | Nov 18, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Nature Conservancy - Coral Reef. | Oct 03, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Coral Reef. | Oct 03, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: World Wild Fund for Nature - Coral reef. | Oct 03, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Blue Planet II - Coral Reef. | Sep 29, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Coral Reefs. | Sep 29, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - Coral Reef. | Sep 29, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center - Coral Reef Facts. | Sep 29, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Science - Coral Reef. | Sep 28, 2011 | ||
| Article restructured to include significant amounts of material from the ocean article regarding the physical, chemical, and biological factors affecting the development of reefs. A section describing the current threats to coral reefs was also added. | Oct 07, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Coral Reef. | Apr 13, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: MBGnet - Tropical Oceans. | Sep 11, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - How Coral Reefs Work. | May 28, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Office of Naval Research - Habitats: Coral Reefs - Characteristics. | May 18, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Biosphere Foundation - The Coral Reef Crisis. | Mar 10, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: U.S. Department of the Interior - Why care about Coral Reefs? | Jan 14, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Coral Reef Animal. | Jan 14, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: NOAA's Coral Reef Information System - What are Coral Reefs. | Jan 14, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Odyssey Expeditions - Living Coral. | Oct 03, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Coral Reefs. | Jan 17, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Miami Museum of Science - Mysteries of the Coral Reef. | Jul 05, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Miami Museum of Science - Mysteries of the Coral Reef. | Jul 05, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: An Introduction to Coral Reefs, by Dr. Teresa Turner. | Jun 15, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Jun 16, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 17, 2003 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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