Mediolittoral coral reef at Sigou-east side, Yoron Island: Natural recovery of corals from the bleaching damages

Mediolittoral coral reef at Sigou-east side, Yoron Island: Natural recovery of corals from the bleaching damages

Mediolittoral corals at Shigo-east side, Yoron Island (Japan), were very fresh and vivid until summer, 1998. However, Shigo-east siden coral reef experienced extensive coral reef bleaching in the summer of 1998. More than 90% corals disappeared from the reef flat after the bleaching event. Ecologica...

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Veröffentlicht in:Occasional papers. Kagoshima University Research Center for the South Pacific 2005-01 (42), p.5-8
1. Verfasser: Tsukahara, Junzo
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Zusammenfassung:Mediolittoral corals at Shigo-east side, Yoron Island (Japan), were very fresh and vivid until summer, 1998. However, Shigo-east siden coral reef experienced extensive coral reef bleaching in the summer of 1998. More than 90% corals disappeared from the reef flat after the bleaching event. Ecological studies of the natural recovery of corals was carried out periodically at Shigo-east side mediolittoral zone from May 2003.
ISSN:1345-0441