[Coral-List] Coral Bleaching Warning for Glovers, Belize

[Gang Liu]

Coral Bleaching Warning for Glovers, Belize

Anomalously high sea surface temperatures (SSTs) have been developing
over most of the Caribbean Sea since late August.
http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/EPS/SST/climohot.html

The SST at Glovers, Belize has been creeping up above the summertime
maximum monthly mean SST since mid-August and now exceeds the level of
bleaching threshold.
http://orbit-net.nesdis.noaa.gov/orad/sub/sst_series_glovers_cur.html

DHW has started to accumulate at Glovers and is a little over 1 DHW now.
Bleaching is most likely already present in the area.
http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/EPS/SST/dhw_retro.html

Any feedback you can provide is useful: both bleaching and non-bleaching
observations are welcome. Please send the feebback to Alan Strong
(Alan.E.Strong at noaa.gov) and/or Gang Liu (Gang.Liu at noaa.gov). Users are
also encouraged to use the NOAA/ReefBase collaborative online bleaching
report form to send input to our bleaching database. The form is
available at
http://www.reefbase.org/input/bleachingreport/index.asp


Coral Reef Watch Project
http://orbit-net.nesdis.noaa.gov/orad/coral_bleaching_index.html

October 6, 2003


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 Gang Liu, Ph.D.
 Senior Research Scientist/Oceanographer
 (Decision Systems Technologies, Inc.)
 NOAA Coral Reef Watch Program
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