This report provides a detailed assessment of the status of and threats to the world's coral
reefs. It evaluates threats to coral reefs from a wide range of human activities, and includes …

Large-scale coral bleaching episodes are potentially major disturbances to coral reef
systems, yet a definitive picture of variation in assemblage response and species …

High temperature tolerance experiments performed on Pocillopora damicornis, a major reef-
building coral in the tropical eastern Pacific, resulted in loss of zooxanthellae …

Sessile organisms, such as corals and erect algae, provide a complex architecture on coral
reefs that is important for capturing light and utilizing dissolved gases and plankton to …

Extensive coral bleaching occurred during sea-water warming (as a result of the 1982/3 El
Niño Southern Oscillation event) in 1983 on the shallow reefs in the Java Sea. Mean …

A survey of 12 heavy metals in the skeleton of the coral Siderastrea siderea and reef
sediments in 23 reefs along the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica and Panama (1497 km) …

The world's oceans are warming at an unprecedented rate, causing dramatic changes to
coastal marine systems, especially coral reefs. We used three complementary ocean …

Mass coral bleaching is currently viewed as a major threat to the long-term health of coral
reef communities. Here we quantify coral bleaching in Palau coincident with the 1997/1998 …

This study examines patterns of susceptibility and short-term recovery of corals from
bleaching. A mass coral bleaching event began in March, 1991 on reefs in Moorea, French …

Much recent attention has been given to coral reef bleaching because of its widespread
occurrence, damage to reefs, and possible connection to global change. There is still debate …