Coral Diseases Following Massive Bleaching in 2005 Cause 60 Percent Decline in Coral Cover and Mortality of the Threatened Species, Acropora Palmata, on Reefs in the U.S. Virgin Islands

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3058/

Record-high seawater temperatures and calm seas in the summer of 2005 led to the most severe coral bleaching (death) ever observed in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

by Rogers, Caroline S.

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2008-3058

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