Citation guide

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Introduction

As noted elsewhere, the website is currently at draft Beta stage for consultation and feedback and all users are advised not to use data for publication until release of Version 1.00 after which time data will be locked and versioned. Until this time, the website will be updated frequently and without warning and previous data states will not be archived.

The recommended citation format for this website will be automatically generated for the website and for individual pages from the "Cite this page" menu item in the bottom banner. In generalised form the recommended format is:

To cite the website as a whole

Veron J.E.N., Stafford-Smith M.G., Turak E. and DeVantier L.M. ([today's year]). Corals of the World. Accessed [today's date], Version [version number, see top right hand side beneath login]. http://coralsoftheworld.org/[v0.01(Beta)]. (To go to the current version access: http://coralsoftheworld.org)

For example:

Veron J.E.N., Stafford-Smith M.G., Turak E. and DeVantier L.M. (2016). Corals of the World. Accessed 20 November 2016, version 0.01 (Beta). http://coralsoftheworld.org/v0.01(Beta). (To go to the current version access: http://coralsoftheworld.org)

To cite the current page

Veron J.E.N., Stafford-Smith M.G., Turak E. and DeVantier L.M. ([today's year]). Corals of the World: [page description]. Accessed [today's date], Version [version number, see top right hand side beneath login]. [full url]

For example:

Veron J.E.N., Stafford-Smith M.G., Turak E. and DeVantier L.M. (2016). Corals of the World: Acanthastrea bowerbanki. Accessed 20 November 2016, version 0.01 (Beta). http://coralsoftheworld.org/species_factsheets/species_factsheet_summary/Acanthastrea_bowerbanki_v0.01(Beta)

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