Srinivasan M., 2000

Incidences of bleaching in PNG during the last few years have raised some concern among both national and international scientists, as well as local dive operators whose livelihood depend on the continued health of the reefs. Whether or not global trends in coral bleaching are being experienced by PNG coral reefs is unknown, mainly due to the lack of monitoring programs and quantitative studies of coral health in this region. It appears that the 1998 bleaching event was not as severe in PNG as reported in other regions, and bleaching was reported during years in-between El Nino periods. Most reports of coral bleaching are anecdotal, either observations by scientists involved in studies not related to bleaching, or observations by local dive operators.

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