Bleaching in the Bahamas

[Joe Pawlik]

Greetings,

FYI:
I just returned from a 2 week research cruise (14 Sep - 01
Oct) in the Bahamas on board HBOI's r/v Edwin Link to
study sponge chemical ecology, and we noted near
complete bleaching of all the scleractinians and
hydrocorals, along with some gorgonians at most of our
sites, including Sweetings Cay, Chubb Cay, Little San
Salvador, San Salvador and Egg Is.  Samana Cay was
much less effected.

Regards,

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UNC-Wilmington
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