1.2 Literature on Reefs – a short selection
(german and english literature included)
Introduction to modern reefs:
Books on the entire reef system
- Fricke, H.W. (1980): Bericht aus dem Riff – dtv, München (you may check for new edition in Amazon.de)
- Kühlmann, H.H. (1984): Das lebende Riff.- Hannover (out of print, recommended reading)
- Schuhmacher, H. (1976): Korallenriffe.- BLV, München (you may check for new edition in Amazon.de)
- Wells & Hanna, N. (1992): Das Greenpeace-Buch der Korallenriffe.- C.H. Beck, München (out of print); also availabe in English (The Greenpeace-Book of Coral Reefs), out of print.
Books on partial aspects of modern reefs (fauna, reef protection etc.).
- Baumeister, W. (1993): Farbatlas Meeresfauna. Niedere Tiere, Rotes Meere, Indischer Ozean. Ulmer Verlag Stuttgart
- Brümmer, F., Koch, I. & Niederhöfer, H.-J. (1994): Wirbellose Meeresbewohner.- Stuttgt. Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie C, 37.
- Eichler, D (1991): Tropische Meerestiere.—BLV München
- Göthel, H. (1996): Unterwasserführer Malediven – Niedere Tiere.- Naglschmid, Stuttgart.
- Grüter, W. (2001): Life in the Sea. As it is, how it came to be, how it could become.- Pfeil, München (also available in German: Leben im Meer. Wie es ist, wie es wurde, wie es war).easy reading, full with information on reef fauna, recommended
- Humberg, B. (1996): Unterwasserführer Karibik – Niedere Tiere.- Naglschmid, Stuttgart.
- Mebs, D. (1988): Gifte im Riff.- Wissenschaftl. Verlags-Ges. Stuttgart.
- Schuhmacher, H. & Hinterkircher, J. (1996): Niedere Meerestiere.- Rotes Meer, Indischer Ozean, Pazifik.- BLV, München.
- Steiniger, F. & Maronde, D. (eds)(1998) Städte unter Wasser – 2 Milliarden Jahre. Kleine Senckenberg-Reihe, 24, Kramer, Frankfurt/M.
- Veron, J. (1995): Corals in Time and Space.- 312 p., Cornell Univ. Press. Scientific Textbook, recommended
- Veron, J. (2000): Corals of the World, Vol. I-III, Australian Institute of Marine Sciences. A standard, fully figured book, discussing and figuring all modern genera; with some discussion of the fossil record.
Material especially produced for schools:
- Alevizon, B., Hardesty, J., Roth, M. & Weir, W. (eds) (1996): Coral Forest Teacher’s Guide,- Fax (001)-415 398 0385, ca US $ 22.00
- Leinfelder, R., Kull, U. & Brümmer, F. (eds): (1998): Riffe – ein faszinierendes Thema für den Schulunterricht. Materialien für die Fächer Biologie, Erdkunde und Geologie.- Profil, 13, Stuttgart (out of print but free available online at www.riffe.de)
- Probst, W. (ed) (2000): Themenheft Riffe.- Unterricht Biologie, 254, Velber.
More Books on Marine Biology and Ecosystems:
- Götting, K.-J. et al (1988): Meeresbiologie II – Das Meer als Lebensraum und seine Nutzung.- Vieweg Verlag, Braunschweig.
- Götting, K-J. et al. (1982): Meeresbiologie I – Marine Organismen, marine Biogeographie.- Vieweg Verlag, Braunschweig
- Hempel, G. et al. (1991): Biologie der Meere.- Spektrum der Wissenschaft, Verständliche Forschung.
- Kaestner, A.: Lehrbuch der speziellen Zoologie (Hrg. V. H.-E. Grunder und D. Starck).- G. Fischer-Verlag, Jena. Different Vols: Vol. 1/2: Wirbellose Tiere. P 2. Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Mesozoa, Plathelminthes, Nemertini, Entoprocta etc., 1993,
- Levinton, J.S. (1995): Marine Biology. Function, Biodiversity, Ecology.- 420 pp, Oxford Univ. Press.
- Ott, J. (1988) Meereskunde.- UTB Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart.
- Tardent, P.(1979): Meeresbiologie. Thieme Verlag Stuttgart.
Fossil Reefs and Carbonate Platforms:
Scientific Books
- Flügel, E., Kiessling W. & Golonka, J. (eds), Phanerozoic Reef Patterns, SEPM Sp.P. 72, , Tulsa. and various earlier SEPM Spec. Publ, e.g.: Reefs through Time and Space; European Fossil Reef Models, Controls on Caroate Platform Developments, Sequence Stratigraphy of Carbonate Platforms. See www.sepm.org
- Loucks, R. & Sarg, R. (eds) Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy.- AAPG Mem, 57, Tulsa.
- Scholle, P. (ed.). Carbonate Depositional Environments.- AAPG Mem, ##.
- Wood, R. (1999): Reef Evolution, 414 p., Oxford Univ. Press (very recommended)
Special Aspects (scientific)
- Boardman et al. (1987): Fossil Invertebrates.- Blackwell (Palo Alto, Oxford etc.).
- Haywick, D. & Kopaska-Merkel, D. (eds.) (2001): Carbonate Mudmounds.- Sedimentary Geology, 145, Amsterdam.
- Lomando, A. & Harris, P.M. (eds) (1991): Mixed Carbonate – Siliciclastic Sequences.- SEPM Core Workshop, 15, Tulsa.
- Purdy, E. G. & Bertram, G.T. (1993): Carbonate Concepts from the Maldives, Indian Ocean.- AAPG Studies in Geology, 34, Tulsa.
See also textbooks on carbonate sedimentology, such as Maurice & Tucker, James etc.
Selection of scientific journals publishing on reefs and carbonate platforms:
- AAPG Bull, Tulsa
- Can. Soc. Petrol. Geol., Bull, Calgary.
- Coral Reefs, Springer
- Facies, Erlangen
- Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, SEPM, Tulsa
- Marine Geology, Elsevier
- Palaios, SEPM, Tulsa
- PPP, Elsevier
- Profil, Stuttgart (since 2001 only published as Cds)
- Sedimentary Petrology, Elsevier
- Sedimentology , Ias, Oxford
Also check for conference proceedings, such as:
- Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama, June 1996.- 2110 pp., Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panamá.
More popular publications on fossil reefs (some including modern reefs as well)
- Leinfelder, R. (2002): Die Entwicklung der Biodiversität – Das Beispiel der Riffe.- Manuskripte zu den Münchner Wissenschaftstagen „Lebendige Erde“, VdBiol, München. (online available at the author).
- Leinfelder, R. (2003) Korallenriffe - Zentren der Artenvielfalt und Evolution.- In: Hansch, W. (ed): Sterben und Neubeginn - Begleitbuch zur Austellung,Museo, Heilbronn (im Druck)
- Leinfelder, R., Kull, U. & Brümmer, F. (eds): (1998): Riffe – ein faszinierendes Thema für den Schulunterricht. Materialien für die Fächer Biologie, Erdkunde und Geologie.- Profil, 13, Stuttgart (out of print but free available online at www.riffe.de)
- Steininger, F. & Maronde, D. (eds)(1998) Städte uner Wasser – 2 Milliarden Jahre. Kleine Senckenberg-Reihe, 24, Kramer, Frankfurt/M.
More literature will be added in due time.
Note: Literature referenced in the script is cited in the literature section of each chapter.
Online Resources from Palaeontology Munich and GeoBio-Center at LMU
Check out these sites
Search the above sites and/or www.google.com for more online resources on reefs.