[Coral-List] Causes of coral bleaching

[Vanese Flood]

Hi Phanor and other listers,
Ann Douglas did a very fine review of bleaching causes
in a paper just last year. 
Coral bleacing - how and why? A.E.Douglas. Marine
Pollution Bulletin 46(2003) 385-392.  Let me know if
you need the PDF, I may be able to send it to you.
Vanese
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Vanese Flood
Department of Geology
University of Georgia


--- Phanor Montoya <phmontoya at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>    I was wondering if, besides water temperature, is
> there another reason
>    for coral bleaching?
> 
>    I  have  seen  some  bleaching  in an upwelling
> zone, with really cold
>    waters.  So,  I  am  kind  of  curios..could 
> anyone give me a hand to
>    understand?
> 
> 
>    Phanor Montoya
> 
>    Marine Biologist
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> 00:11:50 -0700 (PDT) >From:
>    shashank  Keshavmurthy  <iamshanky15 at yahoo.com>
> >Subject: [Coral-List]
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> <20040414071150.98657.qmail at web14916.mail.yahoo.com>
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>    text/plain;  charset=us-ascii  >  >Greetings 
> Listers!!!! >I work in a
>    small  coral  reef,  predominantly  >consistng 
> of Acropora hyacinthus
>    species. >Ofcourse it also consists of Stylopora
> pistillata >if not to
>    the  same extent. I am talking of >Shikoku
> Island, Kochi Prefecture in
>    Japan.  There  >is  also  Acropora formosa
> colonies (if have not >made
>    mistake  in identifying!!!). I have noticed >that
> the Acropora formosa
>    colonies  are  beginning >to bleach, thats what I
> think so, as most of
>    the  >healthy Acropora formosa picture I saw in
> "Corals >of the World"
>    book  looks  white  due  to  the >tip......but in
> this case I strongly
>    believe  that  >they are infact bleaching. I want
> to make sure >before
>    posting  the  bleaching  report  to  the coral
> >list. >So, if there is
>    anyone  who  is interested to take >a look at the
> pictures and confirm
>    if  there  is  >bleaching  episode,  it  will 
> help  a  lot. >One more
>    interesting   thing   is   that   only   this 
> >species  seems  to  be
>    bleaching....all  others  seems  >to  be in good
> condition. >I will be
>    happy  to  send the pictures of both >healthy and
> bleached part of the
>    reef  to anyone >interested. > >Cheers!!
> >shashank > >===== >"the role
>    of  infinitely  small  in  nature is infinitely
> large"-Louis Pasteur >
>    >Keshavmurthy Shashank >Kochi University, Faculty
> of Agriculture >Lab.
>    of  AQUa.  Environ.  Sci.  (LAQUES)  >Otsu  200, 
> Monobe,  Nankoku-shi
>    >783-8502, Kochi, Japan >alt. id:
> shashank at cc.kochi-u.ac.jp >phone: 81
>    090      8285     9012     >    
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