Subject: bleaching PUERTO RICO
From: "Lucy Bunkley Williams" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 07:54:11 +0000

... off Parguera, Puerto Rico, Sunday 14 Sept.

     Palythoa bleaching about 1/3, most Porites bleached white, 
some Sidastrea, some fire coral, no Montastrea.  Bleaching has begun, 
but does not appear very severe yet.

Ernest H. Williams, Jr.
Department of Marine Sciences
University of Puerto Rico
P.O. Box 908
Lajas, PR 00667-0908