Coral Bleaching in Florida
John Barimo
jbarimo at rsmas.miami.edu
Thu Jun 25 14:55:46 EDT 1998
Coral bleaching has been observed on a near shore patch reef (the Rocks),
inshore from Hawk Channel, off Key Largo, FL. On June 18, bleaching was
noted on a single Siderastrea siderea colony and the diameter of the
bleached area increased 10 cm over a 6 day period. On June 24, bleaching
was observed on the following scleractinians: Montastraea annularis, M.
faveolata, M. cavernosa and S. siderea. Bleaching was also noted on
Palythoa sp., Erythropodium caribaeorum and Millepora alcicornis. Surface
water temperatures have been in excess of 32=B0C and coral depth is 2-3 m. =
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John Barimo
Rob Carter
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John Barimo, M.S. =20
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