Addition to 1997-98 Mass Coral Bleaching

[R&F Roettger]

Hola,
My e-mail has changed.  Could you please delete <abudai at caribe.net> and
add my new e-mail: <dosolas at coqui.net>.  The first message had a typo.
Thanks, Rex
Rex Roettger wrote:

> Hola,
> My e-mail has changed.  Could you please delete <abudai at caribe.net>
> and
> add my new e-mail: <dosolsa at coqui.net>.
> Thanks, Rex
>
> Clive Wilkinson wrote:
>
> > 1997-98 Mass Coral Bleaching - One Year Later
> >
> > Tom Hourigan <Tom.Hourigan at noaa.gov> the Biodiversity specialist at
> > NOAA
> > asked for additional information:
> >
> > Do you have any quantitative information (or qualitative) on changes
>
> > in
> > fish abundance on reefs where bleaching occurred? Impacts on
> fisheries
> > are
> > probably the most important short- to medium-term socioeconomic
> impact
> > of
> > bleaching.  The Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat is
> > drafting
> > a paper on the impacts of bleaching and any information will go to
> > that
> > report.
> >
> > The GCRMN will update the report  published in 'Status of Coral
> Reefs
> > of
> > the World: 1998' and on the Internet as:
> > http://www.aims.gov.au/scr1998
> >
> > Please send reports and anecdotal observations to
> > c.wilkinson at aims.gov.au
> > and Tom.Hourigan at noaa.gov on ALL areas bleached or not.
> >
> > * name and area (approx Lat. and Long.);
> >
> > * extent of bleaching in 1997-98 % live coral cover, numbers of
> > species
> > bleached or not; other organisms
> >
> > * any recovery or resistance to bleaching and depths;
> >
> > * any new recruitment (and what families recruited)?
> >
> > * other major comments.
> >
> > A few authors have provided results ready for publication - there
> will
> > be
> > an impressive set of papers from this event - we are preparing a
> > synthesis
> > of these reports. We need many more reports please .....
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Clive Wilkinson


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