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Coral Reefs

Known as: Coral Reef, Reef, Coral, Reefs, Coral 
Marine ridges composed of living CORALS, coral skeletons, calcareous algae, and other organisms, mixed with minerals and organic matter. They are… 
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Diving behavior and movements of juvenile hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata on a Caribbean coral reef
As historically abundant spongivores, hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata likely played a key ecological role on coral reefs… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Marine protected areas and artisanal fisheries in Brazil
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are being promoted around the world as an effective means of protecting marine and coastal… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Competition for space between encrusting excavating Caribbean sponges and other coral reef organisms
Encrusting and excavating Caribbean sponges Cliona aprica, C. caribbaea and C. tenuis (Hadromerida: Clionaidae) aggressively… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Fisheries Impacts on North Atlantic Ecosystems : Models and Analyses
The biological communities of the Atlantic continental shelf adjacent to the southeastern United States are well known, but this… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Do coral-reef fish faunas have a distinctive taxonomic structure?
Abstract Do the highly diverse fish faunas that associate with coral reefs have distinguishing taxonomic and ecological… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Sarcophytolide: a new neuroprotective compound from the soft coral Sarcophyton glaucum.
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Retention of phytoplankton and planktonic microbes on coral reefs within the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Concentrations of phytoplankton (coccoid cychobacteria and total chlorophyll) and planktonic microrial communities (heterotropic… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Traditional remedies used in the western Pacific for the treatment of ciguatera poisoning.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Validation of annual growth increments in the otoliths of a small, tropical coral reef fish
Three criteria were assessed to determine the usefulness of otoliths to age individuals of Pomacentrus mollucensis collected from… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Cavity-dwelling sponges in a southern Caribbean coral reef and their paleontological implications
The cryptobiontic (cavity-dwelling) sponges from 32 growth framework reef cavities were collected over the depth range 12 m to 43… 
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