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Isobel Bennett, The Great Barrier Reef (1971, reissued 1992); and Reader’s Digest Visitors’ Guide to the Great Barrier Reef (1988), provide overviews of the reef’s ecosystem and include color photographs. Well-illustrated works on the flora and fauna are A.B. Cribb and J.W. Cribb, Plant Life of the Great Barrier Reef and Adjacent Shores (1985); and John E. Randall, Gerald R. Allen, and Roger C. Steene, Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, rev. and expanded ed. (1996). Neville Coleman, The Dive Sites of the Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea (1996), is a specialized guidebook with photos.

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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Australian Museum - Great Barrier Reef. May 08, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Biodiversity of the Great Barrier Reef—how adequately is it protected? May 16, 2023
Add new Web site: Official Site of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. Nov 29, 2022
Article revised and updated. Aug 16, 2021
Corrected display issue. May 15, 2020
Add new Web site: Facts for Kids - Great Barrier Reef Facts for Kids. Feb 15, 2019
Add new Web site: ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies - Coral bleaching and the Great Barrier Reef. May 04, 2018
Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - The Great Barrier Reef. Mar 16, 2018
Media added. Aug 18, 2017
Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Great Barrier Reef. Sep 02, 2016
Text added noting that the Great Barrier Reef is the longest reef system in the world. Jul 22, 2016
Added videos. Sep 16, 2015
Replaced photograph. Aug 18, 2015
Add new Web site: Science Kids - Fun Science and Technology for Kids - Great Barrier Reef Facts. Feb 18, 2015
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Great Barrier Reef. Feb 14, 2013
Add new Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Great Barrier Reef. Dec 21, 2012
Text noting the Great Barrier Reef's substantial decrease in coral coverage between 1985 and 2012 added. Oct 02, 2012
Media added. Jul 01, 2011
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Adventure - How the Great Barrier Reef Works. Feb 13, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Geography of Great Barrier Reef. Jul 30, 2008
Added new Web site: Australian Government - Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority - Facts about the Great Barrier Reef. Dec 14, 2006
Article revised. Jan 12, 2000
Article added to new online database. Mar 24, 1999
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