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Status of Coral Reefs of the World 2000

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4. STATUS OF CORAL REEFS IN EAST AFRICA:<br />

KENYA, MOZAMBIQUE, SOUTH AFRICA<br />

AND TANZANIA<br />

DAVID OBURA, MOHAMMED SULEIMAN,<br />

HELENA MOTTA AND MICHAEL SCHLEYER<br />

ABSTRACT<br />

The single largest threat to coral reefs ever documented in East Africa was <strong>the</strong> high<br />

temperature-related coral bleaching event caused by <strong>the</strong> El Niño Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Oscillation <strong>of</strong><br />

1997-98. The degree <strong>of</strong> bleaching and mortality increased local water temperatures and<br />

reached northwards from South Africa (

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