Author : S.G. Vergara and J.W. McManus

Summary : New information of interest in this version of ReefBase, including the following features: selected information on over 10 000 reefs; over 3 800 records of ecological information on corals and fish communities; over 2 500 records of coral reef stresses; coral reef fisheries and mariculture production information; dive sites, dive operators and tourist lodging information for over 1 600 reef destinations; management practices and legislation information on over 500 marine protected areas; 196 maps covering known coral reefs in 107 countries and island states; over 900 aerial, underwater and terrestrial pictures of coral reefs, their use and misuse; 300 low-orbit earth photographs; indexes of some 1 700 experts, 100 monitoring programs and 200 institutions involved in coral reef research, and a dictionary of common terms in the study of coral reefs; and over 9 000 references on coral reefs from published papers, conference proceedings, technical reports and news articles.