A REFERENCE SOURCE FOR MARINE BIOLOGY STUDENT RESEARCH – UNDER CONSTRUCTION, PLEASE BE PATIENT LINKS ARE BEING UPDATED

WHY MBREF?

Students often need to get into the literature of a particular specialty, but face the problem of finding the “good stuff.” This happens when first learning about a particular area (e.g., ecology of mangroves), or when the need arises to write a term paper. Computer searches may help, but often the very best papers and comprehensive reviews fail to show up in such a search or are hidden among many others of dubious value. MBREF will give you the chance to see the choice of references of experts. Each subject includes summary papers, classic papers, and recent contributions. Some lists have been assembled specifically for MBREF while others are the result of a variety of progam projects that have led to web-accessible bibliographies. In a few cases, controversies have been selected and papers reflecting several points of view have been selected. Keep visiting this page, as you will see more and more as the months progress.

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SUBJECT AREAS

FUNCTIONAL MARINE BIOLOGY

Marine Bioturbation
Marine Chemical Ecology
Odor Detection and Water Flow
Cnidarian Reproduction 
Coral Holobiont
Countergradient Selection and Latitudinal Aspects of Physiological Variation
Decapod Vision
DNA Probes and Marine Microbiology
Fate of Organic Matter in Marine Sediments
Effect of Temperature on Fish and Invertebrates 
Biological and Environmental Mechanics 

ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN MARINE SYSTEMS

Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function
Disturbance and Multiple Stable States
Climate Change and Marine Ecosystems
Eutrophication from Nancy Rabalais and EREF
Nitrogen Cycling in Coastal Ecosystems from EREF 

REPRODUCTION AND LARVAL ECOLOGY
Coral Reproduction
Seagrass Reproductive Ecology
Larval Dispersal of Estuarine Invertebrates
Sexual Dimorphism and Sexual Selection
Larval Dispersal – Connection to Recruitment

MARINE ENVIRONMENTS
Salt Marsh Ecology
Rocky Shores
Coastal and Marine Ecology References
Coral Reefs
Coral Reef Reference Lists
Mangals

Mangrove Forest Extensive Reference List 
Kelp Forests
Oyster Reefs dominated by Crassostrea virginica
Paleoclimates – Mollusks as paleoclimate recorders
Estuary – Shelf Exchange Processes
Estuarine Processes – References from EREF 
Submerged AquaticVegetation in Chesapeake Bay

SPECIATION, BIODIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY PROCESSES
Marine Benthic Diversity
Coral Diseases  
Community Analysis and Use of Statistical Packages
Genetic Variation and Speciation in the Sea
Cetaceans – DNA Testing, Population Genetics
Invasions
World List of Marine Organismal Species

APPLIED MARINE BIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
Genotoxicity, DNA Markers, and Toxicology
Agreement on Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area
Alien Species in the Baltic Sea – References and Database
Aquatic Nuisance Species Bibliographic Database
Fish Farming and Its Environmental Impacts
Hypoxia Effects on Benthic Communities from EREF
Metals and Effects on Invertebrates
Marine Reserves and Protected Areas
Marine Protected Areas
Oyster Reef Ecology and Restoration
Salt Marsh Restoration 
Toxic Algal Blooms and Effect on Shellfish

ORGANISMAL REFERENCE LISTS
Bivalve References from Victor Kennedy
Seaslug References 
Kenyan Mangrove Crabs (and more)