Reef resilience on outer GBR: many healthy small Acropora and Pocillopora corals observed during 2016 coral bleaching event


Some bleaching observed, mainly of small massives like faviids, amongst healthy small Acropora and Pocillopora corals that have survived the 2016 mass bleaching event, Bligh Reef, northern GBRMPA, Queensland, Australia


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Location: Bligh's Boat Entrance, northern outer Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland, Australia
Photo credit: © Suzanne Long / Alamy / Afripics
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