Coral bleaching
Thermal stress indices 

Images - Coral Reefs - sites: 1871 to date

Figure 1: Average annual maximum SSTs were extracted and anomalies above this mean summed for the months each year this average was exceeded at each of 50 sites.

Figure 2: Annual thermal stress indices averaged over all 50 sites. 

Figure 3: Annual thermal stress indices averaged from 18 sites in the Indian Ocean and Middle East.

Figure 4: Annual thermal stress indices averaged from 9 sites in southeast Asia.

Figure 5: Annual thermal stress indices averaged from 11 sites in the Pacific Ocean.

Figure 6: Annual thermal stress indices averaged from 12 sites in the Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean.

Contact
Dr. Janice Lough
Email: j.lough@aims.gov.au
 

See also:
Coral bleaching index - current and archival information covering the past several years 

December 18, 2008