Date: 11 Sep 1998 11:59:29 -0400
From: "Haskell, Ben" <bhaskell@ocean.nos.noaa.gov>
Subject: Bleaching in PALAU

I am forwarding a bleaching report from Dr. Pat Colin, 
Coral Reef Research Foundation, Palau:

"We're having a major coral bleaching event here in PALAU now.  
The water is 87-89 degrees F and about 75% of corals in water 
less than 50 feet are bleached.  Don't know what the eventual 
impact will be, but looks really awful now."