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Description:
Title:
Quick look report : 2014 Acropora palmata bleaching event in the upper Florida Keys
Alternate Title:
2014 Acropora palmata bleaching event in the upper Florida Keys
Author(s):
Williams, Dana E. (Dana Elizabeth)
Miller, Margaret W. (Margaret Wohlenberg)
Bright, Allan J.
Pausch, Rachel E.
United States, National Marine Fisheries Service,
Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.), Protected Resources and Biodiversity Division
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
Corporate Name:
United States, National Marine Fisheries Service,
Southeast Fisheries Science Center (U.S.), Protected Resources and Biodiversity Division
United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)
Dates of Publication:
2015
Abstract:
During summer 2014, we observed bleaching among many coral species in the upper Florida Keys. As water temperatures continued to rise, increasing numbers of coral species were observed with bleached tissue. In mid to late August, we observed bleaching affecting acroporid corals (Fig. 1) at various sites. Based onthese informal observations, we undertook additional surveys of our 7 existing Acropora palmata monitoring sites (Fig. 2). This report describes the nature of the bleaching event along with preliminary data onthe progression and impact of this event on the A. palmata at these sites. While the Florida Keys reefs have experienced moderate bleaching events in the past decade, this is the first bleaching event to affect local A. palmata since the 1998 El Niño-associated bleaching event (Miller et al. 2002). The only other extensive description of bleaching affecting A. palmata is from the US Virgin Islands during the Caribbean wide thermal bleaching event in 2005"--Intro/Preface. [doi:10.7289/V57S7KS6 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V57S7KS6)]
Keywords:
Conservation
Coral bleaching
Coral colonies
Coral reef conservation
Coral reef ecology
Corals
Elkhorn coral
Monitoring
Research
Place Keywords:
Florida
Florida Keys
Local Corporate Name:
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center)
OPR (Office of Protected Resources)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Type of Resource:
Technical Report
Genre:
Protected Resources and Biodiversity Division report ; PRBD-2015-02
Note:
During summer 2014, we observed bleaching among many coral species in the upper Florida Keys. As water temperatures continued to rise, increasing numbers of coral species were observed with bleached tissue. In mid to late August, we observed bleaching affecting acroporid corals (Fig. 1) at various sites. Based onthese informal observations, we undertook additional surveys of our 7 existing Acropora palmata monitoring sites (Fig. 2). This report describes the nature of the bleaching event along with preliminary data onthe progression and impact of this event on the A. palmata at these sites. While the Florida Keys reefs have experienced moderate bleaching events in the past decade, this is the first bleaching event to affect local A. palmata since the 1998 El Niño-associated bleaching event (Miller et al. 2002). The only other extensive description of bleaching affecting A. palmata is from the US Virgin Islands during the Caribbean wide thermal bleaching event in 2005"--Intro/Preface. [doi:10.7289/V57S7KS6 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V57S7KS6)]
2015
Grant no. OCE-0825979
NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service)
SEFSC (Southeast Fisheries Science Center)
OPR (Office of Protected Resources)
CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System)
Library
http://doi.org/10.7289/V57S7KS6
Public Domain
1930
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DOI:
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