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Selective Bibliography: Discovery Bay region, Jamaica

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Battey, J.F., & Porter, J.W. (1988). Photoadaptation as a whole organism response in Montastraea
      Annularis. Proceedings of the Sixth International Coral Reef Symposium, 79-87. FULL TEXT

Bonem, R.M. (1988). Effects of submarine karst development on reef succession. Proceedings of the Sixth
      International Coral Reef Symposium, 419-423. FULL TEXT

Bonem, R.M. (1988). Recognition of storm impact on the reef sediment record. Proceedings of the Sixth
      International Coral Reef Symposium, 475-478. FULL TEXT

Bonem, R.M., & Stanley, Jr., G.D. (1977). Zonation of a lagoonal patch reef: analysis, comparison, and
      implications for fossil biohermal assemblages. Proceedings of the Third International Coral Reef
      Symposium, 175-181. FULL TEXT

Brakel, W.H. (1977). Corallite variation in porites and the species problem in corals. Proceedings of
     
the Third International Coral Reef Symposium, 457-462. FULL TEXT

Budd, A.F. (1988). Large-scale evolutionary patterns in the reef-coral montastraea: the role of the
      phenotypic plasticity. Proceedings of the Sixth International Coral Reef Symposium, 393-398.
      FULL TEXT

Campbell, C.L. (2000). The phytoplankton community as indicators of water quality in Discovery Bay,
      Jamaica. Thesis, University of the West Indies: Mona, Jamaica.

Carefoot, T.H., & Thomas, E. (1992). Nocturnalism in sea hares: has UV light played a role in its
      evolution? Proceedings of the Seventh International Coral Reef Symposium, 821-826. FULL TEXT

Cho, L.L., & Woodley, J.D. (2000). Recovery of reefs at Discovery Bay, Jamaica and the role of Diadema
      antillarum. Proceedings of the Ninth International Coral Reef Congress, 331-337. FULL TEXT

Heidelberg, K.B., Sebens, K.B., & Purcell, J.E. (1997). Effects of prey escape behavior and water flow on
      prey capture by the scleractinian coral, Meandrina Meandrites. Proceedings of the Eighth
     
International Coral Reef Symposium, 1081-1086. FULL TEXT

Hughes, T.P. (1988). Long-term dynamics of coral populations: contrasting reproductive modes.
      Proceedings of the Sixth International Coral Reef Symposium, 721-725. FULL TEXT

Hughes, T.P. (1985). Life histories and population dynamics of early successional corals. Proceedings of the
     
Fifth International Coral Reef Congress, 101-106. FULL TEXT

Jackson, J.B.C., Winston, J.E., & Coates, A.G. (1985). Niche breadth, geographic range, and extinction of
      Caribbean reef-associated cheilostome bryozoa and scleractinia. Proceedings of the Seventh
     
International Coral Reef Symposium, 151-158. FULL TEXT

Kinzie III, R.A. (1970). The ecology of gorgonians (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) of Discovery Bay, Jamaica.
      Dissertation, Yale University: New Haven, CT.

Knowlton, N., Lang, J.C., & Keller, B.D. (1988). Fates of staghorn coral isolates on hurricane-damaged
      reefs in Jamaica: the role of predators. Proceedings of the Sixth International Coral Reef Symposium,
     
83-88. FULL TEXT

Land, L.S., Eustice, R.A., Lang, J.C., & Macko, S.A. (2000). Plankton-benthos coupling on a Caribbean
      fringing reef. Proceedings of the Ninth International Coral Reef Congress, 101-106. FULL TEXT

Land, L.S. (1974). Growth rate of a West Indian (Jamaican) reef. Proceedings of the Second
     
International Coral Reef Symposium, 409-412. FULL TEXT

Lapointe, B.E., Littler, M.M., & Littler, D.S. (1997). Macroalgal overgrowth of fringing coral reefs at
      Discovery Bay, Jamaica: bottom-up versus top-down control. Proceedings of the Eighth
     
International Coral Reef Symposium, 927-932. FULL TEXT

Ledgister, R., Linton, D.M., & Woodley, J.D. (1995). Data collection and management in CARICOMP, a
      regional programme of long-term ecological research. European Symposium of the International
     
Society for Reef Studies. (unpublished).

Leichter, J.L., & Genovese, S.J. (2006). Intermittent upwelling and subsidized growth of the scleractinian coral
     Madracis mirabilis on the deep fore-reef slope of Discovery Bay, Jamaica. Marine Ecological Progress
     Series, 316
, 95-103.

Liddell, W.D. (1992). Ten years of disturbance and change on a Jamaican fringing reef. Proceedings of
     
the Seventh International Coral Reef Symposium, 144-150. FULL TEXT

Liddell, W.D., & Ohlhorst, S.L. (1988). Comparison of Western Atlantic coral reef communities.
      Proceedings of the Sixth International Coral Reef Symposium, 281-286. FULL TEXT

Liddell, W.D., Ohlhorst, S.L., & Boss, S.K. (1988). The significance of Halimeda as a space occupier and
      sediment-producer, 1-750m, North Jamaica. Proceedings of the Sixth International Coral Reef
      Symposium, 127-132. FULL TEXT

Lund, H.J., & Land, L.S. (1988). Modern marine dolomite cement in a North Jamaican fringing reef:
      continued studies. Proceedings of the Sixth International Coral Reef Symposium, 409-412.
      FULL TEXT

Meyers, P.A. (1977). Fatty acids and hydrocarbons of Caribbean corals. Proceedings of the Second
     
International Coral Reef Symposium,529-536. FULL TEXT

Nemeth, R.S. (1997). Spatial patterns of bicolor damselfish populations in Jamaica and St. Croix are
      determined by similar post-settlement processes. Proceedings of the Eighth International Coral
      Reef Symposium, 1017-1022. FULL TEXT

Ohlhorst, S.L., & Liddell, W.D. (1988). The effect of substrata microtopography on reef community
      structure, 60-120m. Proceedings of the Sixth International Coral Reef Symposium, 355-360.
      FULL TEXT

Pigott, J.D., & Trumbly, N.I. (1985). Distribution and origin of beachrock cements, Discovery Bay.
      Proceedings of the Fifth International Coral Reef Congress, 241-247. FULL TEXT

Pigott, John D., & Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory. (1977). Early diagenesis of dissolved sulfur and
      nitrogen species in Jamaican reef sediments (determined by in situ sampling). Proceedings of the Third
      International Coral Reef Symposium, 533-540. FULL TEXT

Porter, J.W. (1985). The maritime weather of Jamaica: its effects on annual carbon budgets of the massive
      reef-building coral montastrea annularis. Proceedings of the Fifth International Coral Reef
     
Congress, 363-379. FULL TEXT

Sandeman, I.A. (1988). Coral bleaching at Discovery Bay, Jamaica: a possible mechanism for temperature-
      related bleaching. Mass bleaching of coral reefs in the Caribbean: a research strategy. (J. Ogden &
      R.Wicklund, eds.). U.S. Department of Commerce Publication 88-2, 46-48.

Scott, P.J.B. (1985). Aspects of living coral associates in Jamaica. Proceedings of the Fifth International
      Coral Reef Congress, 345-350. FULL TEXT

Taylor, D.L. (1977). Intra-colonial transport of organic compounds and calcium in some Atlantic reef
      corals. Proceedings of the Third International Coral Reef Symposium, 431-436. FULL TEXT

Thorhaug, A. (1988). Dispersed oil effects on mangroves, seagrasses, and corals in the wider Caribbean.
      Proceedings of the Fifth International Coral Reef Symposium, 337-339. FULL TEXT

Van Barneveld, W., Sary, Z., Woodley, J.D., Miller, M., & Picou-Gill, M. (1996). Towards the co-
      operative management of fishing in Discovery Bay, Jamaica: the role of the Fisheries Improvement
      Project. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 44, 195-210.

Weil, E., Urreiztieta, I., & Garzon-Ferreira, J. (2000). Geographic variability in the incidence of coral and
      octocoral diseases in the wider Caribbean. Proceedings of the Ninth International Coral Reef
     Congress,
1231-1237. FULL TEXT

Willenz, P., & Hartman, W.D. (1985). Calcification rate of Ceratoporella Nicholsoni(Porifera:
      Sclerospongiae): an in situ study with calcein. Proceedings of the Fifth International Coral Reef
      Congress, 113-118. FULL TEXT

Woodley, J.D., & Sary, Z. (2000). Development of a locally-managed fisheries reserve at Discovery Bay,
      Jamaica. Proceedings of the Ninth International Coral Reef Congress, 627-633. FULL TEXT

Woodley, J.D., De Meyer, K., Bush, P., Ebanks-Petrie, G., Garzon-Ferreira, J., Klein, E., Pors, L.P.J.J., &
      Wilson, C.M. (1997). Status of coral reefs in the South Central Caribbean. Proceedings of the Eighth
      International Coral Reef Symposium, 357-362. FULL TEXT

Woodley, J.D. (1994). Facilitating changes in artisanal fishery practice at Discovery Bay, Jamaica. The
     
management of coral reef resource systems: ICLARM conference proceedings (J.L. Munro, P.E.
      Munro, eds.). Manila, Phillipines, 75-78.

Woodley, J.D. (1989). The effects of Hurricane Gilbert on coral reefs at Discovery Bay. Assessment of the
     
economic impacts of Hurricane Gilbert on coastal and marine resources in Jamaica: CEP
      Technical Report No. 4
(P.R. Bacon, ed.), 71-73.


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Bibliography compiled by Christopher Kinner, Librarian.
Linda Pikula, NOAA Miami Regional Librarian

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