Group	Code	Denomination	Number
A.0	BIO	biology and physiology of the coral organism	12
A.1	MOR	soft body morphology	233
A.2	MET	metabolism and physiology	201
A.3	CHM	chemical aspects	396
A.4	NUT	nutrition	146
A.5	ZOO	zooxanthellae	440
A.6	REP	reproduction and larval biology	502
A.7	COL	colonization	283
A.8	DEV	skeletal morphology, structure and development	742
A.9	CAL	calcification	340
A.10	VAR	skeleton variability	115
A.11	DNA	DNA analysis	145
A.12	DIS	diseases	490
A.15	BEH	behaviour	62
B.0	ECO	Ecology	123
B.1	POP	population ecology, community structure, distribution patterns	756
B.2	COM	competition and interaction	102
B.3	ASS	associations (with non-coral organisms)	638
B.4	GEO	biogeography	162
B.5	BDV	species richness and biodiversity	101
B.6	EFF	physical and chemical influences	909
B.7	POL	water pollution	170
B.8	DES	disturbance up to destruction	455
B.9	TAP	Taphonomy	19
C.0	DOC	Corals in the literature	88
C.1	TAX	taxonomic descriptions and revisions	739
C.2	SYS	systematic works	27
C.3	RPO	report on occurrences, faunal inventory and faunal lists	1430
C.4	BIB	bibliographies	24
C.5	PRO	collected papers	54
C.6	THE	theses, dissertations	432
C.7	MUS	museums and collections	59
C.8	RMT	research methods	160
C.9	TER	terminology	11
C.10	MIL	genus Millepora	970
C.11	HEL	genus Heliopora	262
C.12	TUB	genus Tubipora	231
C.13	GUI	field guides	177
D.0	TIM	Corals in time
D.1	EVO	evolution	105
D.2	PAL	palaeontological aspects	99
D.3	CHR	sclerochronology, stable isotopes	544
E.0	MEN	Corals and men
E.1	MGM	management	436
E.3	AQU	aquarium	91
E.4	TRA	trade, CITES	40
E.5	END	endangered species	10
E.6	USE	economic aspects (in medizine, as construction material)	104
E.7	DAN	corals as danger source	4
F.0	MSC	miscellaneous	46