A classic introduction

CGRA has published what it describes as "still the classic introduction to the field" that has long been hard to find.

Corals and coral reefs was written back in 1970 by Thomas F. Goreau et al, but it was not published in Scientific American until 1979 "because the publishers did not think coral reefs were of sufficient interest to the public."

It should be read in combination with more recent papers on bleaching, diseases, eutrophication and restoration, says GCRA.