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• Proceedings of the International Cyanide Detection Testing Workshop
  


• Demographic Baseline Report of U.S. Territories and Counties Adjacent to Coral Reef Habitats
  


• 2008 Deep Coral Report to Congress
  


• Status of Caribbean Coral Reefs after Bleaching and Hurricanes in 2005
  


• Coral Histopathology II Report
  


• The State of Deep Coral Ecosystems
  


• Coral Reef Ecosystem Research Plan
  


• A Reef Manager's Guide To Coral Bleaching
  


• Coral Reef Action Strategy (2002)
  


• Report to Congress (2005)
  
  
• Report to Congress (2008)
  
  

NOAA's Efforts to Reduce the Impacts of Climate Change on Coral Reefs

Coral reefs are highly sensitive to temperature fluctuations, and when amplified by climate change, these fluctuations can result in bleaching events.  Efforts to increase local managers' ability to respond to bleaching events are important to minimize the impact of these events and to reduce the loss of healthy coral reefs.

As part of the NOAA Coral Reef Watch Program, a variety of data and alert products are available such as Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly Charts, Degree Heating Weeks Charts, and Coral Bleaching Indices. 

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