Jiménez, Carlos; Cortés, Jorge; León, Alberto; Ruíz, Eleazar
(Bulletin of Marine Science, 2001)
Coincidental with the 1997–98 El Niño, overall coral bleaching (32.4% of all colonies)
and mortality (5.7%) were observed on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, in the seasonally
cool waters of the Gulf of Papagayo and in ...