Response to Coral Bleaching in U.S. Virgin Islands National Parks
McCreedy C, Miller J, Charles CW, Rogers CS. 2006. Response to Coral Bleaching in U.S. Virgin Islands National Parks. National Park Service, Water Resources Division
A major increase in sea temperatures led to unprecedented bleaching of corals in 2005 in the Eastern Caribbean including the U.S. Virgin Islands where national parks were particularly hard hit.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- McCreedy, Cliff; Miller, Jeff; Charles, Colleen; Rogers, Caroline
- Date of Issue
- 2006-04
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Water Resources Division
- Units
- SFCN , VIIS
- Keywords
- Bleaching, Caribbean, Coral, Coral Reef Brief, Disease, National Park, Temperature, Virgin Islands, Water