SGER: Physical and Biotic Observations of Eastern Pacific Reef Coral During the 1992 El Nino Event

这个项目继续观察一个意想不到的“强” 1992年厄尔尼诺/南方涛动对珊瑚和珊瑚的影响 东太平洋的珊瑚礁生态系统。 格林医生是 目前正在完成一项为期10年的恢复监测计划， 珊瑚礁生态系统从以前的ENSO事件， 被分为“非常强”和“弱”。 目前成为 这个项目即将完成，一个“强”ENSO事件 正在全面展开，地表沃茨的变暖正在 东太平洋的几个珊瑚礁生态系统都感受到了 地区 根据早些时候收集的生物样本（珊瑚）， 从巴拿马、哥斯达黎加和加拉帕戈斯群岛附近的地点， 似乎珊瑚又一次失去了色素 和虫黄藻，称为“珊瑚漂白”。 该项目将 获取珊瑚礁生物对“强”厄尔尼诺现象的实时反应 尼诺扰动，这将有助于与过去的比较 东太平洋“非常强”和“弱”的变暖事件 海洋

This project continues observations of an unexpectedly "strong" 1992 El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) event on corals and coral reef ecosystems of the eastern Pacific Ocean. Dr. Glynn is presently completing a 10 year monitoring program on the recovery processes of coral reef ecosystems from previous ENSO events, which were classified as "very strong" and "weak". It now appears as this project is approaching completion, that a "strong" ENSO event is in full swing and that the warming of surface waters is being felt by several coral reef ecosystems in the eastern Pacific region. Based on biological samples (corals) collected early this year from sites off Panama, Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands, it appears that corals are once again experiencing loss of pigments and zooxanthellae, termed "coral bleaching". The project will obtain real-time responses of coral reef organisms to a "strong" El Nino disturbance, which will be useful for comparison with past "very strong" and "weak" warming events in the eastern Pacific Ocean.