A bleaching event on a Brazilian coral reef

Castro, Clovis B.; Pires, Débora O.

doi:10.1590/S1413-77391999000100008

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A bleaching event on a Brazilian coral reef

Clovis B. Castro; Débora O. Pires

Museu Nacional da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Departamento de Invertebrados (Quinta da Boa Vista s/n°, 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil)

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Acknowledgement

We are indebted. to: Or. P. S. Young (Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro - MNRJ), Or. R Buddemeier (University of Kansas), and Or. T. J. Goreau (Global Coral Reef Alliance), for access to discussions and papers; J. O. Nascimento (Observatório NacionaVCNPq), for data on sunrise and sunset hours; Or. P. S. Young, C. C. Ratto, and C. A. Echeverría, for assistance in the field; Or. R W: Reynólds'(NOAA), for help in obtaining SST data; Or. J. C. Creê'd and G. W. Nunan (MNRJ), for help with the final English version; CNPq, FAPERJ, FUJB, and UFRJ, for grants to of Laboratory.

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(Manuscript received 26 March 1998; revised 24 August 1998; accepted 11 March 1999)

Al-Sofyani, A. & Spencer Davies, P. 1992. Seasonal variation in production and respiration of Red Sea corais. 10: INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF SYMPOSIUM, 7. Guam, 1992. Proceedings. Guam, 1:351-357.
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Laborel, J. 1970. Les Peuplements de Madreporaires des Cotes Tropicales du Brésil. Ano. Univ. Abidjan, ser. E, Ecologie, 2:1-261.
Reynolds, R. W. & Smith, T. M. 1994. Improved global sea surface temperature analyses using optimum interpolation. J. Climate, 7(6):929-948.
Ware, J. R.; Fautin, D. G. & Buddemeier, R. W. 1996. Pattems of coral bleaching: modeling the adaptive bleaching hypothesis. Ecol. Model., 84(l/3):199-2 14.

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[1] Al-Sofyani, A. & Spencer Davies, P. 1992. Seasonal variation in production and respiration of Red Sea corais. 10: INTERNATIONAL CORAL REEF SYMPOSIUM, 7. Guam, 1992. Proceedings. Guam, 1:351-357.

[2] Buddemeier, R. W. & Fautin, D. G. 1993. Coral bleaching as an adaptive mechanism: a testable hypothesis. Bioscience, 43(5):320-326.

[3] Glynn, P. W. 1991. Coral reef bleaching in the 1980's and possible connections with global warming. Trends Ecol. Evolut., 6(6): 175-179.

[7] Laborel, J. 1970. Les Peuplements de Madreporaires des Cotes Tropicales du Brésil. Ano. Univ. Abidjan, ser. E, Ecologie, 2:1-261.

[10] Reynolds, R. W. & Smith, T. M. 1994. Improved global sea surface temperature analyses using optimum interpolation. J. Climate, 7(6):929-948.

[11] Ware, J. R.; Fautin, D. G. & Buddemeier, R. W. 1996. Pattems of coral bleaching: modeling the adaptive bleaching hypothesis. Ecol. Model., 84(l/3):199-2 14.