Scuba Diver inspecting Bleached Coral (Montipora sp.) - Coral bleaching occurred during 1998 El Nino. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Scuba Diver inspecting Bleached Coral (Acropora sp.). Coral bleaching occurred during 1998 El Nino at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Scuba Diver inspecting Bleached Coral (Montipora sp.). Coral bleaching occurred during 1998 El Nino at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Schooling Jacks or Trevally (Caranx sp.) above Bleached Coral (Acropora sp.). Coral bleaching occurred during 1998 El Nino. Heron Island Great Barrier Reef Queensland Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Bleached Coral (Acropora sp.). Coral bleaching occurred during 1998 El Nino at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Bleached Coral (Montipora sp.) - Coral bleaching occurred during 1998 El Nino. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Bleached Coral (uncertain sp.). Coral bleaching occurred during 1998 El Nino at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Bleached Coral (Montipora sp.). Coral bleaching occurred during 1998 El Nino at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Lemon Damselfish (Pomacentrus sp.) amongst Bleached Coral (Acropora sp.). Coral bleaching occurred during 1998 El Nino. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Lemon Damselfish (Pomacentrus sp.) amongst Bleached Coral (Acropora sp.). Coral bleaching occurred during 1998 El Nino. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Lemon Damselfish (Pomacentrus sp.) amongst Bleached Coral (Acropora sp.) . Coral bleaching occurred during 1998 El Nino. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Bleached Coral (Acropora sp.). Coral bleaching occurred during 1998 El Nino. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Close detail of Bleached Coral (uncertain sp.). Coral bleaching occurred during 1998 El Nino. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Bleached Coral (Acropora sp.). Coral bleaching occurred during 1998 El Nino. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
BEFORE CORAL BLEACHING: Acropora Coral (Acropora sp.). Photographed in 1997 prior to the 1998 El Nino Coral Bleaching period. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
CORAL BLEACHING: Acropora Coral (Acropora sp.), coral bleaching that occurred during the high water temperature 1998 El Nino. Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Mass Coral Bleaching (Pocillopora sp.) at the Solitary Islands Marine Sanctuary, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Photo taken March 25, 2016. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Mass Coral Bleaching (Pocillopora sp.) at the Solitary Islands Marine Sanctuary, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Photo taken March 25, 2016. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Mass Coral Bleaching (Pocillopora sp.) at the Solitary Islands Marine Sanctuary, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Photo taken March 25, 2016. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Mass Coral Bleaching (Pocillopora sp.) at the Solitary Islands Marine Sanctuary, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Photo taken March 25, 2016. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Mass Coral Bleaching (Pocillopora sp.) at the Solitary Islands Marine Sanctuary, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Photo taken March 25, 2016. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Mass Coral Bleaching (Pocillopora sp.) at the Solitary Islands Marine Sanctuary, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Photo taken March 25, 2016. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Mass Coral Bleaching (Pocillopora sp.) at the Solitary Islands Marine Sanctuary, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Photo taken March 25, 2016. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Mass Coral Bleaching (Pocillopora sp.) at the Solitary Islands Marine Sanctuary, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Photo taken March 25D, 2016. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Mass Coral Bleaching (Pocillopora sp.) at the Solitary Islands Marine Sanctuary, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Photo taken March 25, 2016. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Mass Coral Bleaching (Pocillopora sp.) at the Solitary Islands Marine Sanctuary, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Photo taken March 25, 2016. © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) - juvenile amongst anemone tentacles amongst anemone tentacles which have been bleached during extreme warm water temperatures due El Nino. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Spine-cheek Anemonefish (Premnas biaculeatus) amongst anemone tentacles which have been bleached during extreme warm water temperatures due El Nino. Also known as Tomato Clownfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Spine-cheek Anemonefish (Premnas biaculeatus) amongst anemone tentacles which have been bleached during extreme warm water temperatures due El Nino. Also known as Tomato Clownfish. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Black Anemonefish (Amphiprion melanopus) amongst anemone tentacles which have been bleached during extreme warm water temperatures due El Nino. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) amongst Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica) tentacles. Anemone bleached from El Nino high water temperatures. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia © Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com
Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion), amongst tentacles of a bleached Sea Anemone. Osprey Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. March, 2014. © Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com
Bleached Coral (Acropora sp.). Coral bleaching occurred during March, 2014. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. © Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com
Bleached Coral (Acropora sp.). Coral bleaching occurred during March, 2014. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. © Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com
Partially bleached Coral (Acropora sp.). Coral bleaching occurred during March, 2014. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. © Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com
Partially bleached Coral (Acropora sp.). Coral bleaching occurred during March, 2014. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. © Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com
Eastern Clownfish (Amphiprion percula), amongst tentacles of a bleached Sea Anemone. Osprey Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. March, 2014. © Bob Halstead / OceanwideImages.com
False Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris), in a sea anemone that is bleached from extreme high water temperature. Photo taken in Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle. © Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com
Coral Bleaching in October 2015, showing colonies of bleached Cauliflower Coral (Pocillopora meandrina) on a Hawaiian reef. USA. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Bleached Cauliflower Coral (Pocillopora meandrina). Hawaii, USA. October, 2015 © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Bleached Cauliflower Coral (Pocillopora meandrina). Hawaii, USA. October, 2015 © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Bleached Cauliflower Coral (Pocillopora meandrina). Hawaii, USA. October, 2015 © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
Coral bleaching on a Hawaiian reef. Photo taken in October, 2015. © David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com
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