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• Karlson R. H., 1980 . 896. Article:Alternative competitive strategies in a periodically disturbed habitat. Pages:894-900. Journal:Bulletin of Marine Science. Abbreviation:Bull. Mar. Sci. Volume: 30. Number:4. Date of publication: 1980.
• Knowlton, N., Lang, J.C., Rooney, M.Ch. y Clifford, P. 1981. Evidence for delayed mortality in hurricane-damaged jamaican staghorn corals. Nature. 294 (19) .
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• Kühlmann D. H. H., 2006 (December 2005) . 61, 69, 111. Article:Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Pages:37-113. Journal:Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften. Abbreviation:Rudolstädter nat. hist. Schr. Volume: 13. Date of publication: 9 January, 2006 (December 2005).
• Laborel J., 1970 (1969) . 182. Article:Les peuplements de madréporaires des côtes tropicales du Brésil. Pages:7-261. Journal:Annales de l'Université d'Abidjan. Abbreviation:Ann. Univ. Abidjan. Volume: 2. Number:3. Series:E. Date of publication: 1970 (1969).
• Lasker H. R. and Coffroth M., 1983 . 22. Article:Octocoral distributions at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. Pages:21-28. Journal:Marine Ecology Progress Series. Abbreviation:Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. Volume: 13. Date of publication: 28 July, 1983.
• Lasker H. R., 1983 . 157, 161, 163. Article:Vegetative reproduction in the octocoral *Briareum asbestinum* (Pallas). Pages:157-169. Journal:Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. Abbreviation:J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. Volume: 72. Date of publication: 1983.
• Lewis, J.B. y Price, W.S. 1975. Feeding mechanisms and feeding strategies of Atlantic reef corals. J. Zoology. 176.
• MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp.
• McGregor, .. 1974. The Great Barrier Reef: The World's Wild Places/Time-Life Books. Nederland: Time-Life Books International.
• Miller A. C., 1981 . 933, 934. Article:Cnidarian prey of the snails *Coralliophila abbreviata* and *C. caribaea* (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Discovery Bay, Jamaica . Pages:932-934. Journal:Bulletin of Marine Science. Abbreviation:Bull. Mar. Sci. Volume: 31. Number:4. Date of publication: 1981.
• Miloslavich P, Díaz JM, Klein E, Alvarado JJ, Díaz C, et al. (2010) Marine Biodiversity in the Caribbean: Regional Estimates and Distribution Patterns. PLoS ONE 5(8): e11916. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011916
• Molina, C. y Carranza, J.E. 1998. Normas prácticas para el desarrollo turístico de la zona costera de Quintana Roo, México. URI. Amigos de Sian Ka'an, A.C. MEXICO.
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• Nemoto, .. 1992. Ocean Frontiers: Explorations by Oceanographers on Five Continents. New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., Publishers.
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• Pillai C. S. G., 1972 . 198. Article:Stony corals of the seas around India. Pages:191-216. Journal:Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Corals and Coral Reefs. Abbreviation:Proc.1st Intl. Symp. Corals Coral Reefs. Volume: . Date of publication: 1972.
• Porter, J.W. 1976. Autotrophy, heterotrophy and resource partitioning in Caribbean reef-building corals. American Naturalist. 110.
• Sargent, .. 1991. Night Reef. New York: Franklin Watts.
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• Sisson, .. June 1973. Life Cycle of a Coral. National Geographic, Vol 143 No. 6: 780-793.
• Smith F. G. W., 1954 . 293. Article:Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. Pages:291-295. Journal:Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S). Abbreviation:Fish. Bull. Fish Wildl. Serv. U.S. Volume: 55. Date of publication: 1954.
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• Veron J. E. N., 2000 . 206-207. Reference type:Book. Book title:Corals of the World, Volume I: Family Acroporidae. Volume:1. Edited by:None. Total pages:463. Publisher:Australian Institute of Marine Science. City:Townsville. Date of publication: 2000. Comments:type specimes were not fixed for nominal species-groups described in this publication as required by Art. 72.3 of ICZN (Cairns, 2001).
• Voss G. L., Bayer F. M., Robins C. R., Gomon M., and LaRoe E. T., 1969 . 4, 14, 18, 22, 63. Type:Unpublished Thesis. Title:The Marine Ecology of the Biscayne National Monument. No. of pages:128, Fig. 1-40. University:University of Miami. Date of reference 20 September, 1969.
• Wallace C. C., 1999 . 174-175. Reference type:Book. Book title:Staghorn Corals of the World: A Revision of the Coral Genus *Acropora*. Edited by:None. Total pages:421. Publisher:CSIRO Publishing. City:Collingwood, Australia. Date of publication: 1999.
• Wilson J. B., 1979 . 174. Article:'Patch' development of the deep-water coral *Lophelia pertusa* (L.) on Rockall Bank. Pages:165-177. Journal:Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Abbreviation:J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. Volume: 59. Date of publication: 1979.
• WoRMS (2012). Acropora cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206989 on 2012-05-22
• Zlatarski V. N. and Estalella N. M., 1980 . 25, 26, 30-34, 35, 39, 192-196, 199-201, 203-213, 215, 217-231, 233-235, 237, 240, 241, 243-248, 250, 296, 299; Plate I. Reference type:Book. Book title:Scleractinia of Cuba with data on the constituent organisms [in Bulgarian]. Edited by:None. Total pages:312. Publisher:Bulgarian Academy of Science. City:Sophia. Date of publication: 1980.
• den Hartog J. C., 1980 . 68, 70. Article:Caribbean shallow water Corallimorpharia. Pages:1-83. Journal:Zoologische Verhandelingen. Abbreviation:Zool. Verh. Volume: . Number:176. Date of publication: 14 maart, 1980.