Coral Bleaching

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In the past four years there have been two major coral reef bleaching events in Belize. The most severe and most recent, coinciding with El Niño and the Switch to La Niña, occured in September 1998, and continued through October 1998. Our objective is to study the effects of this latest bleaching on the coral ecosystem in Belize.

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