[Coral-List] MEANDRINA MEANDRITES AUTUMNAL BLEACHING CYCLE
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Etichscuba at aol.com
Wed May 5 13:14:05 EDT 2004
MEANDRINA MEANDRITES
AUTUMNAL BLEACHING CYCLE
Meandrina meandrites (Maze Coral) colonies located on Gulf Stream Reef (26 31
00 N, 80 02 00 W), Boynton Beach, Florida have been observed to bleach and
recover on a predictable annual cycle. A four year investigation (2000-2003)
was performed to document this annual occurrence. There is sufficient data to
suggest the M. meandrites bleaching and recovery is likely an annual occurrence,
possibly triggered by photoperiodism. The results of this investigation are
available on-line as a pdf file @
http://www.splashdowndivers.com/archives/Maze Bleaching.pdf
Ed Tichenor
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