Coral Reefs

Recommended Databases

The following databases are useful for research about coral reefs:

Can't think of keywords?

Finding keywords can be a challenge, especially when one is new to a subject.

If you are stuck trying to find a keyword, review your textbook and notes. Lecture notes taken during your class time and notes taken while you read your textbook can help you find keywords to search for materials.

Here are some examples:

• coral reefs & islands
• corals
• coral reef fishes
• coral reef ecology
• biotic communities
• reefs
• habitat (ecology)
• research
• climatic changes
• biodiversity
• coral reef conservation
• marine biology
• coral reef biology
• fishes
• marine fishes
• ecology
• marine ecology
• algae
• scleractinia
• coral bleaching
• acorpora
• marine parks & reserves
• anthozoa
• dinogflagellates
• symbiosis
• reef fishes
• pomacentridae
• coral reef animals
• reef ecology
• sediments (geology)
• environmental protection
• marine organisms

Quick Search Tips

• AND: it finds articles that contain both terms. Example: coral AND fish. All results with have both coral AND fish
• OR: it combines search terms so that each search result contains at least one of the terms. For example, fish OR plant would result in either term being found in the results list.
• Asterisk (*) : truncation (*) symbols find all forms of that word. Place the asterisk (*) at the end of a keyword word. Example: educat* will produce results that include the words education, educator, educated, etc.
• Quotation marks " " : use " " (quotation marks) to search for a phrase. Example: "solitary cup coral" and "small feathery black coral."