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	bleaching event.  CORAL-REEFS. 1990. vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 
	211-215.

Montastrea annularis , the major Caribbean reef building 
coral, was severely affected by the unprecedented 1987-1988 
bleaching event. Most colonies on the fore reef were affected 
but few were bleached in the back reef. Skeletal growth rates 
of M. annularis  populations were measured non-destructively 
in the field at Discovery Bay, Jamaica, from the peak of 
bleaching in Nov. 1987 until recovery was almost complete, in 
May 1988. Unbleached corals grew at normal rates. Partially 
bleached corals survived but skeletal growth ceased 
throughout this period.