Above is a picture of a partially bleached colony of Pavona clavus at Silva Island, Gulf of Chiriquí, Panamá, 10 meters depth, taken on March 16, 1998. It was provided by Dr. Glynn.

Review of Coral Bleaching Worldwide
1996-1998

By
Dr. Peter W. Glynn

Dr. Peter Glynn has provided CHAMP with graphics and a spreadsheet from
his comprehensive review of coral bleaching worldwide for the years 1996 -
1998. The review has been published as,

Glynn, P. W. 2000. El Nino--Southern Oscillation mass mortalities of reef
corals: a model of high temperature marine extinctions? In: Insalaco, E.,
Skelton, P.W. & Palmer, T.J. (eds). 2000. Carbonate Platform Systems:
components and interactions. Geological Society, London, Special
Publications, 178: 117-133.

Below are links to a rather large (dimensions) map in black and white gif
format, and a spreadsheet (save as binary). Now Available: An FTP site to
the Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet and Adobe Acrobat version of the Worldwide
Bleaching 96-98 Events. To view the Acrobat version you will need to
download the latest version.

If you have any questions about the content, you can send a message Dr. Peter W. Glynn or Tyler B. Smith.

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