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• NEW Production of N02- And N20 By Nitrifying Bacteria At Reduced Concentrations Of Oxygen, Thomas J. Goreau,' Warren A. Kaplan,' Steven C. Wofsy,'* Michael B. Mcelroy,' Frederica W. Valois,2 And Stanley W. Watson2, Vol. 40, No. 3 Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Sept. 1980

• NEW Flow visualization using tobacco mosaic virus, David L. Hu. Thomas J. Goreau, John W. M. Bush, Exp Fluids, Received: 26 May 2005 / Revised: 15 September 2008 / Accepted: 17 September 2008, © Springer-Verlag 2008, DOI 10.1007/s00348-008-0573-6

• NEW Brief Summary Of Biorock® Habitat Restoration Methods, Thomas J. Goreau, Global Coral Reef Alliance

• NEW Participatory Planning Workshop for the Restoration of Ashton Lagoon, WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS AND FINAL REPORT, Union Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Prepared by Lisa G. Sorenson, Ph.D., May 22 – 24, 2007.
  See pages 23-25 and 61-68 for contributions by Dr. Goreau.

• NEW Algae in the Fish Lagoon and Cayman Turtle Farm Effluent Receiving Area: Recommendations for Monitoring Of Water Quality Improvements, (PDF) Report to Joseph Ebanks, Cayman Turtle Farm, Thomas J. Goreau, PhD, July 11 2008

• NEW The Vibrio Core Group Induces Yellow Band Disease in Caribbean and Indo-Pacific Reef-Building Corals, J.M. Cervino1, F.L. Thompson2, B. Gomez-Gil3, E.A. Lorence4, T.J. Goreau5, R.L. Hayes6, K.B. Winiarski-Cervino7, G.W. Smith8, K. Hughen9 and E. Bartels10, Journal of Applied Microbiology ISSN 1364-5072, May 2008

• Identification of bacteria associated with a disease affecting the marine sponge Ianthella basta in New Britain, Papua New Guinea, James M. Cervino, Kathryn Winiarski-Cervino, Shawn W. Polson, Thomas Goreau, Garriet W. Smith, MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES, Mar Ecol Prog Ser., Vol. 324: 139–150, 2006 Published October 23, 2006

• EFFECTS OF RISING SEAWATER TEMPERATURE ON CORAL REEFS, Thomas J. Goreau, Global Coral Reef Alliance, Cambridge, MA, and Raymond L. Hayes, Howard University, Washington, DC

• Turks and Caicos Islands Coral Reef Health Assessment

• Bottom up Community-Based Coral Reef and Fisheries Restoration in Indonesia, Panama and Palau, From Handbook of Regenerative Landscape Design, Chapter 7, Tom Goreau and Wolf Hilbertz. August, 2008 (PDF)

• Reef Restoration as a Fisheries Management Tool, Thomas J. Goreau Wolf Hilbertz, Global Coral Reef Alliance, Cambridge, MA, USA

• Satellite-derived sea surface temperature from Caribbean and Atlantic coral reef sites, 1984-2003, Rev. Biol. Trop. (Int. J. Trop. Biol. ISSN-0034-7744) Vol. 56 (Suppl. 1): 97-118, May 2008, R.L. Hayes1, 2 & T.J. Goreau2

• Intracellular Crystal-Bearing Vesicles In The Epidermis Of Scleractinian Corals, Astrangia Danae (Agassiz) And Porites Porites (Pallas), Raymond L. Hayes' and Nora I. Goreau, Bull., 152: 26-40. (February, 1977)

• Reef Corals: Autotrophs or Heterotrophs? Thomas F. Goreau, 1 Nora I. Goreau and C. M. Yonge, Bull., 141: 247-260. (October, 1971)

• Turks and Caicos Islands 2006 coral reef assessment: Large-scale environmental and ecological interactions and their management implications, (PDF), Revista Biologia Tropical,  T.J. Goreau Goreau1, T. Fisher Fisher2, F. Perez Perez2, K. Lockhart Lockhart2, M. Hibbert Hibbert2 & A. Lewin Lewin3, Accepted 13- II II-2008.

• Children’s Coral Reef Education Programs in Sagay: Progress Report To The Sagay Marine Reserve, The Museo Sang Bata Sa Negros, The Snorkel Bob Foundation, & The Global Coral Reef Alliance, Marina Goreau, Director, Children’s Environmental Education and Thomas J. Goreau, PhD, President, Global Coral Reef Alliance, September 28 2007

• Potential of Biorock for restoring deep cold-water coral reefs, PPT, Susana Stromberg, Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Sciences, Tjärnö, University of Göteborg, Sweden, February 18, 2008

• The Jamaica Sub Aqua Club: Origin And Early History Of The First Diving Club In The Tropics, Presented At The 50^th Anniversary Of The JSAC, October 1 2007, Kingston, Jamaica, Thomas J. Goreau, PhD

• Global Warming, Coral Reefs and Tropical Islands: Why immediate action is essential and how it can be achieved, Briefing for delegates to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, Bali, December 3-14 2007, Tom Goreau, PhD

• Biorock Coral Reef Restoration and Shore Protection Projects in Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands: Preliminary Report, (PDF) Thomas J. Goreau, Erik Hagberg, Doan Trevor, & Michael Trevor, September 27 2007 

• Boracay Environmental Restoration, Water Quality, and Sustainable Energy: Current Situation and Future Prospects, Thomas J. Goreau, PhD, August 20 2007

• Restoring British Virgin Islands Ecosystems and Fisheries, Tom Goreau, PhD, President, Global Coral Reef Alliance, July 8, 2007

• Identifying New Technologies for Sustainable Development in Small Island Developing States, United Nations SIDS,  5/9 2007

• Crystal Habits of the Magnesium Hydroxide Mineral Brucite Within Coral Skeletons,  Abstract, Noreen A. Buster 1 Charles W. Holmes 2 Thomas J. Goreau 3 Wolf Hilbertz

• Crystal Habits of the Magnesium Hydroxide Mineral Brucite Within Coral Skeletons, Poster (PDF), Noreen A. Buster 1 Charles W. Holmes 2 Thomas J. Goreau 3 Wolf Hilbertz

• Minimizing Net Greenhouse Gas Sources from Mangrove and Wetland Soils, Greenhouse Gas and Carbon Balances in Mangrove Coastal Ecosystems, 239-248, T.J. Goreau and W.Z. de Mello, March, 2007

• Implementing New Technologies for Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, Technical Expert Presentation to the United Nations General Assembly Preparatory Meetings for the 2007 Commission on Sustainable Development, February 26 2007, Tom Goreau, PhD, President, Global Coral Reef Alliance

• Florida’s Coastal and Ocean Future, A Blueprint for Economic and Environmental Leadership;  September 2006; Primary Author: Julie Hauserman; Authoring Organizations: Caribbean Conservation Corps and Sea Turtle Survival League, Clean Water Network of Florida, Environmental Defense, Natural Resources Defense Council, National Wildlife Federation, Reef Relief, Surfrider Foundation, The Ocean Conservancy

• Identification of bacteria associated with a disease affecting the marine sponge Ianthella basta in New Britain, Papua New Guinea, James M. Cervino1,*, Kathryn Winiarski-Cervino2, Shawn W. Polson3, Thomas Goreau4, Garriet W. Smith5, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Vol. 324: 139–150, October 23, 2006

• Comments for Sint Maarten Marine Park Management Plan, Thomas J. Goreau, August 18, 2006

• Recommendations for the United Nations Secretary-General's report to the 2007 Commission on Sustainable Development, Thomas J. Goreau, August 18, 2006

• Science & Technology NGO Caucus input to the United Nations Secretary General’s Commission on Sustainable Development CSD 15 Report, August 18, 2006

• THE SOUTHERN CAUCUS’ POSITION PAPER FOR United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development CSD-14 (Final Version) – May 5, 2006

• The Tide-Energy Project Near the Mouth of the Amazon, A brief, illustrated overview, (MS Word), Scott Anderson, May, 2006.

• O Projeto de Energia da Maré, na Foz do Rio Amazonas uma visão geral, (Portuguese) (MS Word) Scott Anderson, May, 2006.

• The Tide-Energy Project Near the Mouth of the Amazon, A brief, illustrated overview, (PDF), Scott Anderson, May, 2006

  O Projeto de Energia da Maré, na Foz do Rio Amazonas uma visão geral, (Portuguese) (PDF), Scott Anderson, May, 2006

• Coral and Coral Reefs, Thomas F. Goreau, Nora I. Goreau, Thomas J. Goreau, Scientific American, August, 1979

• Does the Great Barracuda Attack Humans Without Provocation? Presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean, Curacao, 2005

• Report of the Third Pemuteran Biorock Coral Reef Restoration Workshop, January, 2006

• Tidal Energy and Low-Head River Power:  A Strategy to Use New, Proven Technology to Capture These Vast, Non-Polluting Resources for Sustainable Development, Thomas J. Goreau, President, Global Coral Reef Alliance, Scott Anderson, Coordinator of the Tide-Energy Project near the Mouth of the Amazon,  Alexander Gorlov, Director, Hydro Pneumatic Power Laboratory, Northeastern University, Edward Kurth, President, GCK Technology, 5/31/2005

• Worst Mortality Ever of Caribbean Corals Currently Underway Due to Global Warming: Policy implications of record ocean temperatures and coral reef bleaching in Small Island Developing States during 2005, Thomas J. Goreau, President, Global Coral Reef Alliance, 11/9/2005.

• Visualization of a Fish Wake Using Tobacco Mosaic Virus, David L. Hu, Lucy Mendel, and Brian Chan , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Thomas Goreau, Global Coral Reef Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts, John W. M. Bush, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; 2005 American Institute of Physics, 26 August 2005.

• Regional Patterns of Sea Surface Temperature Rise: Implications for Global Ocean Circulation Change and the Future of Coral Reefs and Fisheries, Thomas J. Goreau, President, Global Coral Reef Alliance, Raymond L. Hayes Professor Emeritus, Howard University, Washington DC USA, Don McAllister, Formerly President of Ocean Voice International, Ottawa CANADA, (posthumously), World Resource Review Vol. 17 No. 3, (PDF)

• Global Coral Reef Bleaching and Sea Surface Temperature Trends from Satellite-Derived Hotspot Analysis, Thomas J. F. Goreau¹, Global Coral Reef Alliance and Raymond L. Hayes² College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington., World Resource Review Vol. 17 No. 2, (PDF)

• Monitoring and Calibrating Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies with Satellite and In-Situ Data to Study Effects of Weather Extremes And Climate Changes On Coral Reefs, Thomas J. Goreau and Raymond L. Hayes, Global Coral Reef Alliance and Howard University, World Resource Review Vol. 17 No. 2, (PDF)

• Marine Ecosystem Restoration: Costs and Benefits for Coral Reefs, Thomas J. Goreau, Global Coral Reef Alliance, Wolf Hilbertz, Sun and Sea, e.V., World Resource Review Vol. 17 No. 3

• Coral Reef Restoration Pilot Project At Cape Phanwa, Phuket, Thailand, Tom Goreau, GCRA, Wolf Hilbertz, GCRA, Niphon Phongsuwan, Phuket Marine Biological Centre, May 23 2005

• Seychelles Reef Restoration Project: Initial Report, Thomas J. Goreau, Ph.D., President, Global Coral Reef Alliance, Wolf Hilbertz, President, Sun & Sea eV, Jude Bijoux, SCMRT/MPA, David Rowatt, MCSS, February 16 2005

• Rapid Spread of Diseases in Caribbean Coral Reefs, Revista de Biologia Tropical, Rev. Biol. Trop., 46 Supl. 5: 157-171, 1998, Thomas J Goreau1, James Cervino1, Maya Goreau1, Raymond Hayes2, Marshall Hayes3, Laurie Richardson4, Garriet Smith5, Kalli DeMeyer6, Ivan NageIkerken7, Jaime Garzon-Ferrera8, Diego Gi18, Ginger Garnison9, Ernest H. Williams10, Lucy Bunkley-Williams11, Craig Quirolo12, Kathy Pattenson13, James W. Porter13, Karen Porter13

• Mauritius Marine Management Notes, Thomas J. Goreau, Ph.D., President, Global Coral Reef Alliance, February 26 2005

• Humboldt's Parrot,  Mark Abley, Houghton Mifflin, 2003

• Relationship of Vibrio Species Infection and Elevated Temperatures to Yellow Blotch Band Disease in Caribbean Corals, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Nov. 2004 Vol. 70, No. 11, James M. Cervino,1*  Raymond L. Hayes,2  Shawn W. Polson,3  Sara C. Polson,3  Thomas J. Goreau,4 Robert J. Martinez,5 and Garriet W. Smith6

• Hotsarihie (Helen Reef) Project Report, Thomas J. Goreau, Wolf Hilbertz, Sabino Sackarias, Huan Hosei, and the Hatohobei State Marine Park Rangers, 9/30/04
  See also on the same subject: 
     A Pacific Odyssey, (PDF) Caspar Henderson, Open Democracy, 16 September 2004
     Hotsarihie (Helen Reef) Project Report Photos (1-26), 
     Hotsarihie (Helen Reef) Project Report Photos (26-55),

• Zooxanthellae Regulation in Yellow Blotch/Band and Other Coral Diseases Contrasted with Temperature Related Bleaching: In Situ Destruction vs Expulsion,  Symbiosis, 37 (2004) 63–85 63, Balaban, Philadelphia/Rehovot, James M. Cervino1*, Raymond Hayes2, Thomas J. Goreau3,Garriet W. Smith4  (PDF)

• Increased Zooxanthellae Numbers and Mitotic Index in Electrically Stimulated Corals, Thomas J. Goreau1*, James M. Cervino2, and Rachael Pollina3, Symbiosis, 37 (2004) 107-120

• Letter to friends of Indonesia's coral reefs and the people who depend on them, Thomas J. Goreau, July 26, 2004

• Sustainable Ocean Management for Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Thomas J. Goreau

• Children's Environmental Education Program: Kuna Yala, Panama, Phase II, Marina Goreau, September, 2003

• Childrens to Children Program, Kuna Yala, Panama, (PDF) 5/9/2002, Plan to donate children's snorkeling gear to Kuna Indian children in Panama

• Biorock® Coral Reef Restoration Workshop Report, Thomas J. Goreau & Wolf Hilbertz, January 12-24 2004

• White Water to Blue Water Partnership Conference, Comments on Water Quality Standards, Monitoring, and Sewage Treatment; Larger Impacts of Cruise Ships on Coral Reefs; Effective Community-Based Coral Reef Restoration; by Thomas J. Goreau, 3/26/04, Miami, FL

• Waste Nutrients: Impacts on Coastal Coral Reefs and Fisheries, and Abatement Via Land Recycling. Case Study by Thomas J. Goreau, Waste Management Experts Meeting, Havana, Cuba, 11/1/03

• Needs for Restoration and Sustainable Management of Fisheries, Gede S. Sumiarsa, Adi Hanafi and Ketut Sugama, Biorock®  II Workshop, January 12 - 24, 2004

• Policy Implications of Global Warming for Coral Reefs and Fisheries of Small Island States, Briefing Paper for UN Summit of Small Island Developing States, December 31 DRAFT, Thomas J. Goreau, Raymond L. Hayes, Leonard Nurse

• United Nations Expert Meeting on Waste Management in Small Island Developing States, Havana, Cuba, 27 October to 01 November 01, 2003

• Saya De Malha, Complete Report, (2MB PDF) September, 2002

• What Should the Policy of the Municipality of Cozumel Be With Regard to More Dolphin Attractions?, Bill Horn, Aquasafari, Cozumel, September, 2003 (English)

• Cual Deberia Ser La Politica Del Municipio De Cozumel Respecto A Mas Delfinarios?, Bill Horn, Aquasafari, Cozumel, September, 2003 (Spanish)

• Water Quality in Ashton Harbour, Union Island, St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Environmental Impacts of Marina and Recommendations for Ecosystem and Fisheries Restoration, July 14, 2003, Thomas J. Goreau & Nicholas Sammons

• Dolphin Enclosures and Algae Distributions at Chankanaab, Cozumel: Observations and Recommendations,  Thomas J. Goreau, June 6 2003

• BROWARD COUNTY Comments on Broward Beach Dredge Fill Plan, Segment II, Comments by Tom Goreau on proposed Broward County Dredging plan.

• BROWARD COUNTY Reef Protection in Broward County, Florida, T. J. Goreau, Cry of the Water

• Call For Protection of All Coral Reef, Seagrass, and Shallow Water Ecosystems in International Waters, Global Forum Newsletter, Vol. 1, Number 2, May 23, 2003, Thomas J. Goreau

• Changes In Zooxanthellae Density, Morphology, and Mitotic Index in Hermatypic Corals and Anemones Exposed to Cyanide, PDF, May, 2003, J.M. Cervino, R.L. Hayes, M. Honovich, T.J. Goreau, S. Jones, P.J. Rubec

• Call For Protection of all Coral Reef, Seagrass, and Shallow Water Cosystems in International Waters, January 4 2003, Thomas J. Goreau

• A Strategy for Restoration of Damaged Coral Reefs and Fisheries at Ashton Harbour, Union Island, the Grenadines, March, 2003, Thomas J. Goreau

• Bigsands Reef Restoration Pilot Project Proposal, March 21, 2003, Thomas J. Goreau

• Summary of Advantages, Disadvantages, and Safety of Biorock®  Coral Reef and Fisheries Restoration Technology, March 27, 2003, Thomas J. Goreau.

• Results of Microscopic Examination of Electrically Grown and Normal Corals for Tissue and Skeletal Abnormalities,  March 26 2003, James M. Cervino

• Assessment of Buonavista Reef and Recommendations, Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 27 1998. T. J. Goreau, Ph.D.

• Balancing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Thomas J. Goreau

• Caribbean Sea Surface Temperatures and Coral Bleaching 1989—1996,Thomas J. Goreau, Raymond Hayes, Alan Strong

• Civil Society Marine, Inland Fisheries and Coasts Commission, Declaration to the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Nasrec, Johannesburg, 29 August 2002, T. J. Goreau, Ph.D.< /span>

• Climate Change Impacts Have Been Underestimated, Thomas J. Goreau

• Community-Based Whole-Watershed and Coastal Zone Management in Jamaica, T. J. Goreau, L. Daley, S. Ciappara, J. Brown

• Control of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide , T. J. Goreau1, R. L. Hayes

• Conservation of Coral Reefs after the 1998 Global Bleaching Event,  (PDF) T. J. Goreau1, R. L. Hayes, T. McClanahan

• Coral Bleaching in Jamaica, Thomas J. Goreau

• Coral Bleaching and Ocean Hot Spots, AMBIO, Journal of the Human Environment, 1994, T. J. Goreau1, R. L. Hayes

• Coral Bleaching In The Seychelles--Impacts and Recommendations, Thomas J. Goreau, Ph.D.

• Coral Recovery From Bleaching in Alphonse and Bijoutier, Seychelles, Thomas J. Goreau, Ph.D.

• Coral Recovery From Bleaching in Seychelles, Thomas J. Goreau

• Coral Reef Bleaching In The South Central Pacific During 1994,Thomas J. Goreau,  Raymond Hayes

• Coral Reef Health in the Negril Area: Survey and Recommendation, Thomas J. Goreau

• Coral Reef Protection in Western Jamaica, Thomas J. Goreau

• Coral Reefs Rainforests of the Ocean: Thomas J. Goreau

• Coral Reefs, Sewage Treatment, and Water Quality Standards, Thomas J. Goreau

• Ecological Assessment of Antigua and Barbuda Reefs: Report to the Environmental Awareness Group, Maya Goreau and Thomas J. Goreau

• Elevated Sea Surface Temperatures Correlate with Caribbean Coral Reef Bleaching , Thomas J. Goreau

• Energy Systems, Environment and Development, Thomas J. Goreau

• Environmentally Sound Technology for Sustainable Development, Thomas J. Goreau

• Global Change, Coral Reef Restoration, Sustainable Fisheries and Renewable Ocean Energy Development,  Thomas J. Goreau

• Monitoring and Calibrating Sea Surface Temperature, Thomas J. Goreau

• Negril & Green Island Area Environmental Protection Plan--October 1995, T. Goreau, J. Brown, E. Gordon

• Negril: Environmental Threats and Recommended Actions, Thomas J. Goreau, PhD

• Reduced Growth Rate of Montastrea Annularis Following the 1987-1988 Coral-Bleaching Event, T. J. Goreau, A. H. Macfarlane

• Solar Generated Building Materials from Seawater, Wolf Hilbertz

• The Significance of Emerging Diseases in the Tropical Coral Reef Ecosystem, Raymond L. Hayes and Nora I. Goreau

• Tracking South Pacific Coral Reef Bleaching by Satellite and Field Observations, T. J. Goreau, R. L. Hayes

• Tropical Deforestation: Some Effects on Atmospheric Chemistry, Thomas J. Goreau and William Z. de Mello 

• Tropical Ecophysiology, Climate Change, and the Global Carbon Cycle, Thomas J. Goreau

• Water Quality in Negril, Maya Goreau & Thomas J. Goreau

• Water Quality and Coral Reef Health In Boracay, El Nido, Isla Verde, and Balicasag, Philippines, Maya Goreau & Thomas J. Goreau, James Cervino

• Yellow Band and Dark Spot Syndromes in Caribbean Corals,  (PDF) J. Cervino, T. J. Goreau, I. Nagelkerken, G. W. Smith & R. Hayes

• Coral Bleaching and Ocean Hot Spots, AMBIO, Journal of the Human Environment, 1994, T. J. Goreau1, R. L. Hayes

• Biorock Coral Reef Restoration Workshop Report, Thomas J. Goreau & Wolf Hilbertz
  January 12-24 2004

• Maldives Shorelines: Growing a Beach, Thomas J. Goreau, Wolf Hilbertz, & A. Azeez A. Hakeem, May 1, 2004

• Turks and Caicos Islands Coral Reef Health Assessment

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