Terms
Click any of the GREY TABS below to visit the Termigator Use the "Corals as" tabs below to explore the "Termigator" - our interactive visual glossary of the terms used by the Coral Finder and the Coral Hub. If you already know the term you are looking for then use the alphabetical listing of all the terms in the table below. Note: the terms used by the Coral Finder and Coral Hub are a useful "subset" of all those used by coral taxonomists for species level coral identification. Simplifying the jargon allows beginners to get a foothold. A more comprehensive account of ...
Coral Finder
About this section This section of the Coral Hub supports people coming back from the field with information (coral genus names) gathered using the Coral Finder. The A-Z index helps you to refine or confirm your choice by providing further detail beyond that contained in the Coral Finder. The A-Z Index also makes it easy to compare and contrast similar genera. In this section the genus descriptions expand on those used by the Coral Finder. New terms are introduced where necessary and hyperlinked to explanations and feature articles. As you work through your field observations you will learn more of the language of coral ...
Learning centre
The Coral Hub Learning Centre is home to the Coral Finder Toolkit training and revision movies, a complete solution of free coral identification training resources available to anyone with access to the internet. We also provide an overview of our recommended learning pathway to help you with self directed learning. Together the Coral Finder and the Coral Hub website make up the Coral Finder Toolkit. Do you have limited bandwidth? A DVD disc of the training and revision movies, and / or, a disc with an offline version of this website and computer files of the ...
Coral Finder Workshops
The Coral Identification Capacity Building Program (CICBP) runs Coral Finder workshops for institutions, organisations and groups of individuals. The workshops provide an effective, high quality and rapid introduction to the art, and science, of basic and intermediate level coral identification. Coral Finder workshops: are lead by Russell Kelley - author of the Indo Pacific Coral Finder and Program Director of the CICIBP allow you to identify corals to genus regardless of growth form show you how apply these skills to resource monitoring provide an understanding of the basic principles of species ...
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Coral-sponge interactions – new article in the ecology section of the Learning Centre
Corals might appear to be a dominant force on many reefs but they certainly do not have it all their own way. This article illustrates some common coral-sponge interactions where corals usually come off second best. The sponge Chalinula nematifera overgrowing the coral Pocillopora Read More →
Coral Identification Workshops at Lizard Island
Two very special coral identification workshops are scheduled to run in conjunction with the 2012 International Coral Reef Symposium. They’re special because they are to be held at the Lizard Island Research Station in the far northern section of the Great Barrier Reef – about 270km north of Cairns. Lizard Island is a remarkable place for... [Read more of this review]
One day coral identification workshop on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, 29th August 2011
The next CICBP Coral Identification Workshop will be at the Novotel Twin Waters Resort, Sunshine Coast, Queensland – Monday 29th August 2011. Typical "instant improvement" associated with the Coral Finder's visual ID system. The Coral Identification Capacity Building Program will be running a one-day fast-start coral identification... [Read more of this review]
Low tide living
A clump of Goniastrea corals exposed by extreme low sprig tides. The spring tides of the mid winter months generate the lowest daytime tides of the year. In my part of the world, Townsville, northern Australia, it provides a great opportunity to view the Great Barrier Reef glinting for a couple of hours under clear winter skies. I recently used these... [Read more of this review]
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Workshops
Coral identification workshops completed in Suva, Fiji
CICBP coral identification workshops preliminary results The Coral Identification Capacity Building Programme (CICBP) in collaboration with the Fiji Locally Marine Managed Area (FLMMA) network, and the Institute of Applied Sciences (IAS) of the University of the South Pacific (USP), recently hosted a series Coral Identification Workshops at the School...
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CICBP Project Bulletin Number 2
CICBP Project Bulletin Number 1
When will the Coral Hub be launched?
Coral identification workshops completed in Suva, Fiji
New Articles in Coral Terms Glossary
Launch of The Coral Finder Toolkit
New A-Z pages added
Coral identification workshop, Fiji
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