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I.M. SandemanLight driven lipid peroxidation of coral membranes and a suggested role in calcification . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

C. Menza, M. Kendall & S. HileThe deeper we go the less we know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

T.J. Goreau, T. Fisher, F. Perez, K. Lockhart, M. Hibbert & A. LewinTurks and Caicos Islands 2006 coral reef assessment: large-scale environmental and ecological interactions and their management implications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

D.G. Zawada, P.R. Thompson & J. ButcherA new towed platform for the unobtrusive surveying of benthic habitats and organisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

R.S. LeGore, M.P. Hardin, J.R. García-Sais & J.R. BriceMarine ornamental trade in Puerto Rico: rapid population assessment of primary target species . . . . . . . . .

R.A. Watlington, J.M. Morell & J.E. CorredorImproved Understanding of Oceanic Processes through an Integrated Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

R.L. Hayes & T.J. GoreauAn analysis of satellite-derived sea surface temperature from Caribbean and Atlantic coral reef sites, 1984-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

L.L. Richardson & D.N. RagoonathOrganic carbon enhances dark survival of the cyanobacterium Geitlerinema sp . isolated from black band disease of corals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

P.V. Susan Tepetlan & D. Aldana ArandaBenthic macrofauna associated to oyster banks in the coastal lagoons Carmen, Machona and Mecoacán, Mexico [In Spanish with English abstract] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

S.C.C. Steiner & J.M. KerrStony corals in Dominica during the 2005 bleaching episode and one year later . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

N.J. Quinn & B.L. KojisThe recent collapse of a rapid phase-shift reversal on a Jamaican north coast coral reef after the 2005 bleaching event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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