Massive hard coral loss after a severe bleaching event in 2010 at Los Roques, Venezuela

Thermal anomalies have become more severe, frequent and well-documented across the Caribbean for the past 30 years. This increase in temperature has caused coral bleaching resulting in reef decline. At Los Roques National Park, Venezuela, temperature has been monitored at four reef sites. In mid-Sep...

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Published in:	Revista de Biología Tropical
Main Authors:	Carolina Bastidas, David Bone, Aldo Croquer, Denise Debrot, Elia Garcia, Adriana Humanes, Ruth Ramos, Sebastian Rodríguez
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidad de Costa Rica 2012-03-01
Subjects:	blanqueamiento coralino mortalidad pérdida de cobertura de coral Caribe arrecife coralino coral bleaching mortality loss of coral cover Caribbean coral reefs
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442012000500004