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Status of coral reefs of the world: 1998
Status of
coral reefs of the world: 1998
Edited by
Clive Wilkinson |
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Contents
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Foreword |
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Acknowledgements |
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Introduction |
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Russell Reichelt, Meryl
Williams and Patricio Bernal |
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Executive summary |
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Clive Wilkinson |
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1. The 1997-1998 mass
bleaching event around the world |
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Compiled by Clive Wilkinson |
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2. Status of coral reefs
in the Middle East |
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Moustafa Fouda |
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3. Status of coral reefs
in south Asia |
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Arjan Rajasuriya and Alan
White |
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4. Status of coral reefs
in the western Indian Ocean and evolving coral reef programmes |
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Rod Salm, Nyawira Muthiga and
Chris Muhando |
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5. Status of coral reefs
of Australia: Great Barrier Reef and Western Australia |
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Terry Done and Clive Wilkinson |
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6. Status of southeast
Asian coral reefs |
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Loke Ming Chou |
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7a. Status of coral
reefs of the southwest and east Pacific: Melanesia and Polynesia |
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Jim Maragos |
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7b. Status of coral
reefs in the northwest Pacific Ocean: Micronesia and east Asia |
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Jim Maragos, Charles Birkeland
and Gregor Hodgson |
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8. Status of coral reefs
in the northern areas of the wider Caribbean |
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Judy lang, Pedro Alcolado,
Juan Pablo Carricart-Ganivet, Mark Chiappone, Al Curran, Phil Dustan, Gudrun Gaudian,
Francisco Geraldes, Steve Gittings, Robbie Smith, Wes Tunnell and Jean Wiener |
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9. Status of coral reefs
in the Lesser Antilles, Western Atlantic |
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Allan Smith, Caroline Rogers
and Claude Bouchon |
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10. Status of coral
reefs in the south-central Caribbean |
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Jeremy Woodley, Kalli De
Meyer, Philippe Bush, Gina Ebanks-Petrie, Jaime Garzon-Ferreira, Eduardo Klein, Leendert
Pors and Cornelius Wilson |
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11. Status of coral
reefs of Central America: Pacific and Caribbean coasts |
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Jorge Cortes and Marea E
Hatziolos |
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12. Reef check and
sustainable management of coral reefs |
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Gregor Hodgson |
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13. Global coral reef
monitoring network: Role in conservation of the world's reefs |
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Clive Wilkinson and Bernard
Salvat |
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Suggested reading |
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List of acronyms |
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Sponsoring organisations |
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Feedback |
The map above summarises 6 months
(January to June 1998) of satellite data on sea-surfaces from the National Oceanographic
and Atmospheric Administration in the USA. The 'hotspots' in 'warm' colours show average
temperatures of 1°C above the normal maximum found there for those months. The warmest
waters (red) were in the far East Pacific, with warm water around the Great Barrier Reef
and in the Indian Ocean. Such warm temperatures are often followed by coral bleaching like
that shown on the front cover. Some corals on John Brewer Reef, Great Barrier Reef,
bleached (white), whereas others still have their normal colours (mauve, brown and pink).
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