Subject:      Reef Fishes

Rory Dickinson,

I am not really sure what level of input you are looking for relative to
your question on reef fish habitat utilization.  However, if you will be
using the information for classroom teaching at the college or secondary
level, we have a CD-ROM (Coral Kingdom 1.1) which describes the role of
habitat as a limiting factor to reef fish community structure as well as
illstrates adaptations in fishes and invertebrates and explores many kinds
of interrelationships between organisms/environment.  The software is
ideally suited for units on the coral reef or to demonstrate the concepts
of form and function in adaptations, interrelationships between organisms
and habitat, competition, predator avoidance, energy and materials cycles
and human impacts in general biology or introductory environmental science,
biodiversity or ecology courses.

Although this CD specifically features tropic Pacific species, there are
certainly analogs with Atlantic which share the same sensory, locomotor and
feeding adaptations.

You can look at Coral Kingdom in the CyberLearning Collection at

http://www.cyberlearn.com

or give us a call at (800) 499-3322

Sorry if this is too commericial for this list.  At least I kept it short!

Ron S. Nolan
Digital Studios/CyberLearning Collection

Excerpt from recent review in NABT's THE AMERICAN BIOLOGY TEACHER, VOLUME
58, NO. 6, SEPTEMBER 1996

"This is the best software I have seen that uses inquiry learning for
principles of ecology combined with outstanding photography of coral reef
inhabitants.  The student has to work to collect data and draw conclusions.
Each mission has a different purpose so that the software can be used
several several times to explore ecological concepts.  The same mission can
be used several times by asking different questions to collect new
information for understanding ecological principles.  My only complaint,
and it is trivial, is that the "hot spots" on the organisms are a little
small and could be missed by the student.  The "hot spots" calls up the
scientific and common name for each species in the view during a dive.

I strongly recommend Coral Kingdom to teachers who use inquiry
teaching and are looking for a simulation that teaches solid ecological
principles.  I would also recommend the software just as a teaching aid for
the coral reef communities.  This will make a good addition for use in both
classroom and lab situations."

George C. Boone, Ph.D
Department of Biology
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove, PA 17870