#Status of Coral Reefs 2002 - International Coral Reef Action Network

CONTENTS
Countries, States and Territories
Acknowledgements
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Introduction 1
Executive Summary
Clive Wilkinson 7
1. Coral Bleaching and Mortality – the 1998 Event 4 Years Later
and Bleaching to 2002
Clive Wilkinson 33
2. Status of Coral Reefs in the Red Sea-Gulf of Aden
Moshira Hassan, Mohammed M. A. Kotb and Abdulmohsin A. Al-Sofyani 45
3. Status of Coral Reefs of the Persian/Arabian Gulf and Arabian Sea Region
Simon Wilson, Seyed Mohammad Reza Fatemi, Mohammad
Reza Shokri and Michel Claereboudt 53
4. Status of Coral Reefs in Eastern Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique
and South Africa
David Obura and Contributors – Louis Celliers, Haji Machano,
Sangeeta Mangubhai, Mohammed S. Mohammed, Helena Motta,
Christopher Muhando, Nyawira Muthiga, Marcos Pereira and
Michael Schleyer 63
5. Status of Coral Reefs in the South West Indian Ocean Island Node:
Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion and Seychelles
Said Ahamada, Lionel Bigot, Jude Bijoux, Jean Maharavo Jean,
Sabrina Meunier, Marylène Moyne-Picard and Naidoo Paupiah 79
6. Status of Coral Reefs in South Asia: Bangladesh, India, Maldives,
Sri Lanka
Arjan Rajasuriya, Venkataraman K., Muley E.V., Hussein Zahir
and Ben Cattermoul 101
7. Status of Southeast Asia Coral Reefs
Loke Ming Chou, Vo Si Tuan, PhilReefs, Thamasak Yeemin,
Annadel Cabanban, Suharsono and Ith Kessna. 123
8. Status of Coral Reefs in East and North Asia: China, Korea,
Japan and Taiwan
Chang-Feng Dai, Chen Gang, Makoto Inaba, Kenji Iwao, Fumihito
Iwase, Shinichiro Kakuma, Kenji Kajiwara, Tadashi Kimura,
Yoshihiko Kotera, Yoshikatsu Nakano, Satoshi Nojima, Keiichi
Nomura, Katsuki Oki, Kazuhiko Sakai, Takuro Shibuno, Hiroya
Yamano and Minoru Yoshida 153
9. Status of Coral Reefs of Australasia: Australia and Papua New Guinea
Hugh Sweatman, Kate Osborne, Luke Smith, Tim Grubba, Jeff Kinch,
Geoff Jones and Vagi Rai 163
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