Researchers from HIMB’s Coral Reef Ecology Lab have helped developed a coral health reference card to assess and quantify coral bleaching. For more information on the card, check out UH News!
Arabian monocle bream (Scolopsis ghanam, image left) and blackspot snapper (Lutjanus ehrenbergii, image right) are two
species of reef fish surviving in elevated Arabian Gulf temperatures, where water temperatures can reach worst-case ocean
warming projections. Photo by Rebekka Pentti.