Aronson, R. B., W. F. Precht, I. G. MacIntyre, and T. J. T. Murdoch. 2000. Coral bleach-out in Belize. Nature 405:36.

Baker, A. C. 2001. Reef corals bleach to survive change. Nature 411:765-766.

Dalton, R. 2001. Riders on the storm provoke studies of Atlantic dust. Nature 412:754.

Gardner, T. A., I. M. C⌠tΘ, J. A. Gill, A. Grant, and A. R. Watkinson. 2003. Long-term region-wide declines in Caribbean corals. Science 301:958-960.

Goenaga, C., and M. Canals. 1990. Island-wide coral bleaching in Puerto Rico: 1990. Carib. J. Sci. 26:171-175.

Hughes, T.P. 1994. Catastrophes, phase shifts, and large-scale degradation of a Caribbean coral reef. Science. 265:1547-1550.

Jackson, J. B. C., M. X. Kirby, W. H. Berger, K. A. Bjorndal, L. W. Botsford, B. J. Bourque, R. H. Bradbury, R. Cooke, J. Erlandson, J. A. Estes, T. P. Hughes, S. Kidwell, C. B. Lange, H. S. Lenihan, J. M. Pandolfi, C. H. Peterson, R. S. Steneck, M. J. Tegner, and R. R. Warner. 2001. Historical overfishing and the recent collapse of coastal ecosystems. Science 293:629-637.

McGinn, A. P. 1998. Rocking the boat: conserving fisheries and protecting jobs. Worldwatch Paper 142. Worldwatch Inst., Wash. DC.

Roberts, C. M., C. J. McClean, J. E. N. Veron, J. P. Hawkins, G. R. Allen, D. E. McAllister, C. G. Mittermeier, F. W. Schueler, M. Spalding, F. Wells, C. Vynne, T. B. and Werner. 2002. Marine biodiversity hotspots and conservation priorities for tropical reefs. Science 295:1280-1284.

Spalding, M. D., C. Ravilious, and E. P. Green . 2001. World atlas of coral reefs. Univ of Calif. Press.

Stokstad, E.. 2001. Fossils with lessons for conservation biology. Science 293:592-593.

Vitousek, P. M., H. A. Mooney, J. Lubchenco and J. M. Melillo. 1997. Human domination of Earth's ecosystems. Science 277:494-499.

Watson, R. and D. Paul. 2001. Systematic distortions in world fisheries catch trends. Nature 414:534-536.

Coral reef maps / Mapas: http://sag1.nos.noaa.gov/Website/PuertoRico/viewer.htm

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/habitatprotection/essentialfishhabitat.htm

http://www.cep.unep.org/pubs/techreports/guidelines/index.html