Coral Bleaching: Environmental Stresses can Cause Irreparable Harm to Coral Reefs. Unusually High Seawater Temperatures may be a principal culprit
Brown B and Ogden J. 1993. Coral Bleaching: Environmental Stresses can Cause Irreparable Harm to Coral Reefs. Unusually High Seawater Temperatures may be a principal culprit. Scientific American. :64 - 70
The authors describe the correlation between large scale coral bleaching, El Nino years, and high seawater temperatures. Physiological descriptions of coral reef ecosystems and coral reef inhabitants are given.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Brown, Barbara; Ogden, John
- Units
- SFCN
- Keywords
- Bleaching, Climate Change, Death, die off, Greenhouse Effect, weather event