Coral Reef Bleaching in the Yahoo! Directory

NOAA's Coral Health and Monitoring Program (CHAMP)
Providing services and information sources for researchers and the public in order to help improve and sustain coral reef health throughout the world.
www.coral.noaa.gov
Coral Bleaching, Coral Mortality, and Global Climate Change
U.S. State Department report examining the mass coral bleaching and mortality event of 1998.
www.state.gov/www/global/global_issues/coral_reefs/990305_coralreef_rpt.htm...
ReefBase: Bleaching
Describes the process (brought on by stress) in which corals expel the algal cells that normally live within their tissue.
www.reefbase.org/threats/thr_bleaching.asp
Mass Coral Bleaching
Examines the alarming trend that has developed in coral reefs worldwide; large numbers are turning white, and many are dying.
www.fisherycrisis.com/coral1.html
NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD Environmental Products: Sea Surface Temperature
Provides maps of hot spots, degree heating weeks, and ocean surface winds, which are useful for monitoring coral bleaching at various sites around the globe.
www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/EPS/EPS.html
East Asia and Pacific Environmental Initiative: Understanding Bleaching and Other Threats to Coral Reefs
Publications from the program designed to understand the science of coral bleaching, as well as the ecological and socioeconomic impacts of coral bleaching and associated mortality.
eapei.home.att.net/Activities/SEAEI/SEA-09.htm