Coral Reefs of the Gulf

1. Coral reefs of the Gulf: Adaptation to climatic extremes in the world’s hottest sea
Bernhard Riegl, Sam Purkis.-

2. Environmental constraints for reef building in the Gulf
Bernhard Riegl and Sam Purkis.-

3. Geomorphology and Reef Building in the SE Gulf
Sam Purkis and Bernhard Riegl.-

4.Environmental Setting and Temporal Trends in Southeastern Gulf Coral Communities
Kristi Foster, Greg Foster, Ashraf S. Al Cibahy, Suaad Al Harthi, Sam Purkis, Bernhard Riegl.-

5.Dynamics of Gulf coral communities: observations and models from the world’s hottest coral sea
Bernhard Riegl and Sam Purkis.-

6.Coral bleaching and mortality thresholds in the SE Gulf: highest in the world
Bernhard Riegl, Sam Purkis, Ashraf Al-Cibahy, Suaad Al-Harthi, Edwin Grandcourt, Khalifa Al-Sulaiti, James Baldwin, Alaa Abdel-Moati.-

7.Diseases, harmful algae blooms (HABs) and their effects on Gulf coral populations and communities
Bernhard Riegl, Andy W. Bruckner, Kaveh Samimi-Namin, Sam Purkis.-

8. Reef Fish and Fisheries in the Gulf
Edwin Grandcourt.-

9.Extreme physical factors and the structure of Gulf fish and reef communities
David A. Feary, John A. Burt, Georgenes H. Cavalcante, Andrew G. Bauman.-

10.Man-made structures as artificial reefs in the Gulf
John A. Burt, Aaron Bartholomew, David A. Feary.-

11.The hermatypic scleractinian (hard) coral fauna of the Gulf
Bernhard Riegl, Francesca Benzoni, Kaveh Samimi-Namin, Charles Sheppard.-

12.The octocoral fauna of the Gulf
Kaveh Samimi-Namin, Leen van Ofwegen.-

13.Reef-associated macroinvertebrates of the SE Gulf
J. David George.-

14.Marine algae (Seaweeds) associated with coral reefs in the Gulf
David M. John.-

15.Conservation of Marine Ecosystems with a Special View to Coral Reefs in the Gulf
Ashraf Al-Cibahy A., Khlaifa Al-Khalifa, and BennoBöer.-

16.Environmental concerns for the future of Gulf coral reefs
Charles Sheppard, Mohsen Al-Husiani, F. Al-Jamali, Faiza Al-Yamani, Rob Baldwin, James Bishop, Francesca Benzoni,  Eric Dutrieux, Nicholas K Dulvy, Subba Rao V Durvasula, David A. Jones, Ron Loughland, David Medio, M. Nithyanandan , Graham M. Pilling, Igor Polikarpov, Andrew R.G. Price, Sam Purkis, Bernhard Riegl, Maria Saburova, Kaveh Samimi Namin, Oliver Taylor, Simon Wilson, Khadija Zainal.-.