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Bermuda **
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(data*)
(graph***)
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Curacao/Aruba
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(data)
(graph)
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Flower Garden Banks, TX
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(data)
(graph)
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15:
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Santa Marta, Colombia
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(data)
(graph)
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Dry Tortugas, FL
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(data)
(graph)
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San Bernardo, Colombia
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(data)
(graph)
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Sombrero Reef, FL **
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(data)
(graph)
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Bocas del Toro, Panama
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(data)
(graph)
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Biscayne Bay, FL
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(data)
(graph)
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Cayos Miskitos, Nicaragua
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(data)
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Lee Stocking Is., Bahamas **
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(data)
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Bay Islands, Honduras
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(data)
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Turks and Caicos
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(data)
(graph)
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Glovers Reef, Belize **
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(data)
(graph)
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La Parguera, Puerto Rico **
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(data)
(graph)
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21:
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Banco Chinchorro, Belize
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(data)
(graph)
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9:
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U.S. Virgin Islands **
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(data)
(graph)
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Puerto Morelos, Mexico
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(data)
(graph)
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Guadeloupe
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(data)
(graph)
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Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
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(data)
(graph)
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Barbados
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(data)
(graph)
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Jardines de la Reina, Cuba
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(data)
(graph)
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Buccoo Reef, Tobago
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(data)
(graph)
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Cayman Islands
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(data)
(graph)
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Los Roques, Venezuela
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(data)
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Negril, Jamaica
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Click on "(data)" above to see the data file for the site. Click
here to see the data description.
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This site is also
one of Coral Reef Watch Global Coral Bleaching Virtual Station sites.
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Link to 2001-present multi-year time series graph for the site. Click
here to
see the description on the graphs. Note that the graphs shown below on this page are
single-year time series graphs.
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2001-present multi-year time series graph for this site
The charts on this page show the sea surface temperature (SST) time series
(solid dark-blue line)
and coral bleaching Degree Heating Weeks (DHW) time series (solid red line)
over a time period from December 2000 to present for the selected reef site.
In each chart, the corresponding thermal condition related to coral
bleaching is color-coded and plotted below the time series. The thermal
condition is categorized in the five bleaching alert levels defined by
Coral Reef Watch's
Satellite Bleaching Alert:
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Stress Level
No Stress
Bleaching Watch
Bleaching Warning
Bleaching Alert Level 1
Bleaching Alert Level 2
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Definition
HotSpot <= 0
0 < HotSpot < 1
1 <= HotSpot and 0 < DHW < 4
1 <= HotSpot and 4 <= DHW < 8
1 <= HotSpot and 8 <= DHW
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The monthly mean SST climatologies (light-blue crosses) are also
plotted to show the "normal" SST condition at the site and the time of its
climatologically warmest months which are usually the time of its peak
bleaching season.
The time series were extracted from a 50 km satellite water pixel
surrounding or close to the selected reef site. A map showing the selected
reef site and its satellite pixel is accessible by clicking on the reef
name in the title of this page. Bleaching HotSpots are SST anomalies
exceeding the maximum monthly mean SST (MMMSST, dashed light-blue line).
The MMMSST is the maximum of the twelve monthly mean SST climatology
values, and the Coral Bleaching Threshold SST (solid light-blue line) is
defined as the MMMSST plus one degree Celsius. Both the MMMSST and Coral
Bleaching Threshold SST are location-specific. DHW, in units of degree
Celsius-weeks, are the accumulation of bleaching HotSpot anomalies during
the previous 12 weeks whenever the SST equals or exceeds the coral bleaching
threshold SST at the pixel.
The area below the DHW time series is filled with colors corresponding to the
color-coded bleaching alert levels described earlier whenever bleaching related
thermal stress is present. At Bleaching Alert Level 1, some bleaching is
expected at the site within a few weeks of the alert. An accumulation of 8 DHWs
triggers a Bleaching Alert Level 2, at which point widespread bleaching and
some coral mortality are likely.
For more information about satellite coral bleaching monitoring and research, please contact
coralreefwatch@noaa.gov
Global Virtual Stations
