Coral Reefs

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.
• NOT: excludes terms so that each search result does not contain any of the terms that follow it. For example, pollution NOT plastic finds results that contain pollution but not plastic. 
• 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"

Can't think of keywords?

Finding keywords can be a challenge, especially when conducting research on a new subject.

If you are struggling to find a keyword you may 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:

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