Severity of the 1998 and 2005 bleaching events in Venezuela, southern Caribbean

This study describes the severity of the 2005 bleaching event at 15 reef sites across Venezuela and compares the 1998 and 2005 bleaching events at one of them. During August and September 2005, bleached corals were first observed on oceanic reefs rather than coastal reefs, affecting 1 to 4% of coral...

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Main Authors: Sebastián Rodríguez, Aldo Cróquer, David Bone, Carolina Bastidas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2010-10-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442010000700017&lng=en&tlng=en