BLEACHING DATA - REQUEST.

[Mick O'Connor]

HI ALL,

I'M CURRENTLY WORKING ( COLLATING DATA ) AT THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF
MARINE SCIENCE FOR 6 WEEKS LOOKING AT THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CORAL
BLEACHING AND NATURAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY - WITH SPECIAL REFERANCE TO THE
ENSO PHENOMENON.

I HAVE HAD GREAT  DIFFICULTY IN COLLATING BLEACHING INFO. I WAS HOPING TO
LOOK AT  RELATIONSHIPS SINCE THE '82 EN. EVENT TO PRESENT, BUT THE BLEACHING
DATA FOR THIS TIME-SPAN ON THE GBR IS SCARCE. HENCE I AM PROBABLY GOING TO
HAVE TO STUDY RELATIONS SINCE THE EARLY 1990'S INSTEAD.

HAS ANYONE.....


1. BLEACHING DATA FOR THE GBR ( OR ANY OTHER PACIFIC ISLAND ) STRETCHING
BACK TO THE EARLY 80's OR DATA FROM THE EARLY 90's???


2. ANY BLEACHING DATA, PERIOD. WHICH MIGHT BE USEFUL. (ANY WEST/CENTRAL
PACIFIC REGION) 



WIDE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DATA WOULD BE BEST - BUT ANY LEADS WOULD BE USEFUL!!!

NOTE: THE DATA IS FOR USE IN A DISSERTATION AND WILL BE UNPUBLISHED (REFS.
WILL BE MADE TO DATA SOURCES).

I HAVE HAD REAL PROBLEMS COLLATING DATA AND WOULD APPRECIATE ANY LEADS.

ANY ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE FROM ANY SITE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.


THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE,

MICK.    


P.S. - AGAIN THE DATA WILL BE UNPUBLISHED (BUT DATA WILL BE PROPERLY
ACKNOWLEGED).

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE,
TOWNSVILLE,
AUSTRALIA.

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