Coral Damage 2007 (IMAGE)

University of Georgia

Coral Damage 2007

Caption

Temperature from an inshore patch (Admiral Reef) and offshore (Little Grecian) reefs. Dotted line is the average winter (January and February) seawater temperature for Admiral Reef from 2007-2009 (panel a). Photos of Admiral Reef taken in February 2010 show Montastraea faveolata skeletons being overgrown by macroalgae (indicated by arrow, panels b, c). Dead M. annularis (panel d). Tissue necrosis and skeleton of M. cavernosa (panel e). Tissue necrosis from a dead octocoral (panel f). Dead M. faveolata colony with visually unharmed Gorgonia ventalina (panel g). Visually unharmed Siderastrea siderea (panel h).

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