Coral: Calculation of Devastation: Disease, Bleaching, and Health of the Palmyra Back Reef

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Abstract: Coral disease and coral bleaching have devastated reefs throughout the Caribbean, resulting in massive coral mortality events. Researchers have also documented instances of disease in Hawaii. Are coral diseases and coral bleaching present at Palmyra Atoll, one thousand miles south of the Hawaiian Islands? I selected four back reef sites at Palmyra in order to answer this question. Utilizing two methods of survey — a quantitative analysis of transect-based data, and a qualitative sweep of a twenty-five meter radius area — I found little evidence of coral bleaching and disease. However, a deeper investigation into coral reef health via analysis of percent live coral cover revealed drastic differences in level of health between transect sites. Further analysis of physical environmental conditions and consideration of prior anthropogenic constructs suggested that the construction of a causeway negatively impacted back reef health in the southwest portion of the atoll.

Type of resource	text
Date created	June 9, 2003

Author	Browning, Lynda

Subject	Stanford@SEA
Subject	S-187
Subject	Hopkins Marine Station
Subject	Department of Biology
Subject	Department of Earth System Science
Subject	BIOHOPK 182H
Subject	BIOHOPK 323H
Subject	EARTHSYS 323
Subject	ESS 323
Subject	coral disease
Subject	coral bleaching
Subject	Palmyra Atoll
Subject	back reef
Genre	Student project report

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/tz766vs5402

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Preferred Citation: Lynda Browning, 2003. Coral: Calculation of Devastation: Disease, Bleaching, and Health of the Palmyra Back Reef. Unpublished student research paper, S-187, Stanford@SEA, Stanford Digital Repository. https://purl.stanford.edu/tz766vs5402.

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