Peer-Reviewed Publications of the PaleoReef Database Project:

    Cordie, D. R., Dornbos, S. Q., and Marenco, P. J., 2020, Evidence for a local reef eclipse in a shallow marine carbonate environment following the regional extinction of archaeocyaths in Laurentia (Stage 4, Cambrian): Facies, v. 66, no. 1.

    Weiss, A., and Martindale, R. C., 2017, Crustose coralline algae increased framework and diversity on ancient coral reefs: PLOS ONE, v. 12, no. 8, p. e0181637.

    Martindale, R. C., Foster, W. J., and Velledits, F., 2017, The survival, recovery, and diversification of metazoan reef ecosystems following the end-Permian mass extinction event: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 513, p. 100-115.

    Martindale, R. C., Corsetti, F. A., James, N. P., and Bottjer, D. J., 2015, Paleogeographic trends in Late Triassic reef ecology from northeastern Panthalassa: Earth-Science Reviews, v. 142, p. 18-37.

    Kiessling, W., and Simpson, C., 2011, On the potential for ocean acidification to be a general cause of ancient reef crises: Global Change Biology, v. 17, no. 1, p. 56-67.

    Kiessling, W., 2011, Patterns and processes of ancient reef crises: The Paleontological Society Papers, v. 17, p. 1-14.

    Kiessling, W., 2010, Reef expansion during the Triassic: Spread of photosymbiosis balancing climatic cooling: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 290, p. 11-19.

    Kiessling, W., Simpson, C., and Foote, M., 2010, Reefs as cradles of evolution and sources of biodiversity in the Phanerozoic: Science, v. 327, p. 196-198.

    Kiessling, W., Roniewicz, E., Villier, L., Leonide, P., and Struck, U., 2009, An early Hettangian coral reef in southern France: Implications for the end-Triassic reef crisis: Palaios, v. 24, p. 657-671.

    Kiessling, W., 2009, Geologic and biologic controls on the evolution of reefs: Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, v. 40, p. 173-192.

    Kiessling, W., Aberhan, M., and Villier, L., 2008, Phanerozoic trends in skeletal mineralogy driven by mass extinctions: Nature Geoscience, v. 1, no. 8, p. 527-530.

    Kiessling, W., 2008, Sampling-standardized expansion and collapse of reef building in the Phanerozoic: Fossil Record, v. 11, no. 1, p. 7-18.

    Kiessling, W., 2006, Towards an unbiased estimate of fluctuations in reef abundance and volume during the Phanerozoic: Biogeosciences, v. 3, p. 15-27.

    Kiessling, W., 2005, Long-term relationships between ecological stability and biodiversity in Phanerozoic reefs: Nature, v. 433, p. 410-413.

    Kiessling, W., 2005, Habitat effects and sampling bias on Phanerozoic reef distribution: Facies, v. 51, p. 27-35.

    Copper, P., 2002, Silurian and Devonian reefs: 80 million years of global greenhouse between two ice ages, in Kiessling, W., Flügel, E., and Golonka, J., eds., Phanerozoic Reef Patterns: Tulsa, SEPM Special Publications, v. 72, p. 181-238.

    Flügel, E., 2002, Triassic reef patterns, in Kiessling, W., Flügel, E., and Golonka, J., eds., Phanerozoic Reef Patterns: Tulsa, SEPM Special Publications, v. 72, p. 391-463.

    Flügel, E., and Kiessling, W., 2002, A new look at ancient reefs, in Kiessling, W., Flügel, E., and Golonka, J., eds., Phanerozoic Reef Patterns: Tulsa, SEPM Special Publications, v. 72, p. 3-10.

    Flügel, E., and Kiessling, W., 2002, Patterns of Phanerozoic reef crises, in Kiessling, W., Flügel, E., and Golonka, J., eds., Phanerozoic Reef Patterns: Tulsa, SEPM Special Publications, v. 72, p. 691-733.

    Golonka, J., 2002, Plate-tectonic maps of the Phanerozoic, in Kiessling, W., Flügel, E., and Golonka, J., eds., Phanerozoic Reef Patterns, Volume 72: Tulsa, SEPM Special Publication, v. 72, p. 21-75.

    Golonka, J., and Kiessling, W., 2002, Phanerozoic time scale and definition of time slices, in Kiessling, W., Flügel, E., and Golonka, J., eds., Phanerozoic Reef Patterns: Tulsa, SEPM Special Publication, v. 72, p. 11-20.

    Höfling, R., and Scott, R.W., 2002, Early and Mid-Cretaceous buildups, in Kiessling, W., Flügel, E., and Golonka, J., eds., Phanerozoic Reef Patterns: Tulsa, SEPM Special Publications, v. 72, p. 521-548.

    Johnson, C.C., Sanders, D., Kauffman, E.G., and Hay, W.W., 2002, Patterns and processes influencing Upper Cretaceous reefs, in Kiessling, W., Flügel, E., and Golonka, J., eds., Phanerozoic Reef Patterns: Tulsa, SEPM Special Publications, v. 72, p. 549-585.

    Kiessling, W., 2002, Secular variations in the Phanerozoic reef ecosystem, in Kiessling, W., Flügel, E., and Golonka, J., eds., Phanerozoic Reef Patterns: Tulsa, SEPM Special Publications, v. 72, p. 625-690.

    Kiessling, W., and Flügel, E., 2002, Paleoreefs - a database on Phanerozoic reefs, in Kiessling, W., Flügel, E., and Golonka, J., eds., Phanerozoic Reef Patterns. Tulsa, SEPM Special Publications, v. 72, p. 77-92.

    Kiessling, W., Flügel, E., and Golonka, J., 2002, From patterns to processes: the future of reef research, in Kiessling, W., Flügel, E., and Golonka, J., eds., Phanerozoic Reef Patterns: Tulsa, SEPM Special Publications, v. 72, p. 735-743.

    Kiessling, W., Flügel, E., and Golonka, J., 2002 (eds.), Phanerozoic Reef Patterns, SEPM Special Publications, Volume 72: Tulsa, p. 775.

    Leinfelder, R.R., Schmid, D.U., Nose, M., and Werner, W., 2002, Jurassic reef patterns - the expression of a changing globe, in Kiessling, W., Flügel, E., and Golonka, J., eds., Phanerozoic Reef Patterns: Tulsa, SEPM Special Publications, v. 72, p. 465-520.

    Perrin, C., 2002, Tertiary: the emergence of Modern reef ecosystems, in Kiessling, W., Flügel, E., and Golonka, J., eds., Phanerozoic Reef Patterns: Tulsa, SEPM Special Publications, v. 72, p. 587-621.

    Rowland, S.M., and Shapiro, R.S., 2002, Reef patterns and environmental influences in the Cambrian and earliest Ordovician, in Kiessling, W., Flügel, E., and Golonka, J., eds., Phanerozoic Reef Patterns: Tulsa, SEPM Special Publications, v. 72, p. 95-128.

    Wahlman, G.P., 2002, Upper Carboniferous - Lower Permian (Bashkirian - Kungarian) mounds and reefs, in Kiessling, W., Flügel, E., and Golonka, J., eds., Phanerozoic Reef Patterns: Tulsa, SEPM Special Publications, v. 72, p. 271-338.

    Webb, G.E., 2002, Latest Devonian and Early Carboniferous reefs: depressed reef building after the Middle Paleozoic collapse, in Kiessling, W., Flügel, E., and Golonka, J., eds., Phanerozoic Reef Patterns: Tulsa, SEPM Special Publications, v. 72, p. 239-269.

    Webby, B.D., 2002, Patterns of Ordovician reef development, in Kiessling, W., Flügel, E., and Golonka, J., eds., Phanerozoic Reef Patterns: Tulsa, SEPM Special Publications, v. 72, p. 129-179.

    Weidlich, O., 2002, Middle and Upper Permian reefs - distributional patterns and reservoir potential, in Kiessling, W., Flügel, E., and Golonka, J., eds., Phanerozoic Reef Patterns: Tulsa, SEPM Special Publications, v. 72, p. 339-390.

    Kiessling, W., 2001, Paleoclimatic significance of Phanerozoic reefs: Geology, v. 29, p. 751-754.

    Kiessling, W., 2001, Phanerozoic reef trends based on the Paleoreefs database, in Stanley, G.D., ed., The History and Sedimentology of Ancient Reef Systems: New York, Plenum Press, p. 41-88.

    Kiessling, W., Flügel, E., and Golonka, J., 2000, Fluctuations in the carbonate production of Phanerozoic reefs, in Insalaco, E., Skelton, P.W., and Palmer, T.J., eds., Carbonate Platform Systems: components and interactions, Volume 178: London, Geological Society Special Publication, p. 191-215.

    Kiessling, W., Flügel, E., and Golonka, J., 1999, Paleoreef maps: Evaluation of a comprehensive database on Phanerozoic reefs: AAPG Bulletin, v. 83, p. 1552-1587.

    Flügel, E., Kiessling, W., and Golonka, J., 1996, Phanerozoic reef patterns: data survey, distribution maps and interpretation: Göttinger Arbeiten zur Geologie und Paläontologie, v. SB2, p. 391-396.