S E A R C H - All Categories - 0000 Archive of Underwater Images - 0000 Videos now on YouTube - 000 Featured dives of the past - 000 San Blas coral reefs 2007 - 001 St. Maarten - 002 Aruba 2007 - 00 Gallery - 01 Key West coral reefs - 02 Bahamas coral reefs - 03 Cuba coral reefs - 04 Jamaica coral reefs - 05 Cozumel coral reefs 1997 - 06 coral reef disease and infection - 07 coral reef Physical Stress - 08 Key West Marine Park. - 09 Western Sambo coral nursery - 10 Coral Nursery report - 11 Coral Stress Report 1998 Key West - 12 Monitoring coral stress and disease - 13 St. Kitts Peninsula Ecosystem Survey - coral bleaching - State of the Reef 2007 - The State of the Reef 2003 - Yellow Band Disease AND   OR   PHRASE State of the Reef 2007 (005) Displaying image 5 of 52 Manual Slideshow Mode Top > State of the Reef .. > 005 FILE INFO Caption The Grand Canyon at Sand Key is comprised of coral colonies that are thousands of years old, the oldest corals near Key West. These corals cannot live in the dark without sunlight or they will die. Over the past 15 years we have witnessed a substantial decrease in the underwater visibility on our reefs and a proportionate increase in coral disease, coral mortality and algal abundance. The next image was taken only a week after this one was taken. Filename Size Date Added 005.jpg 1,335 Kb 04/13/2007 BACKWARD coral bleaching Return to Thumbnail View Send As A Postcard FORWARD The State of the Reef 2003 C A T E G O R I E S - 0000 Archive of Underwater Images - 0000 Videos now on YouTube - 000 Featured dives of the past - 000 San Blas coral reefs 2007 - 001 St. Maarten - 002 Aruba 2007 - 00 Gallery - 01 Key West coral reefs - 02 Bahamas coral reefs - 03 Cuba coral reefs - 04 Jamaica coral reefs - 05 Cozumel coral reefs 1997 - 06 coral reef disease and infection - 07 coral reef Physical Stress - 08 Key West Marine Park. - 09 Western Sambo coral nursery - 10 Coral Nursery report - 11 Coral Stress Report 1998 Key West - 12 Monitoring coral stress and disease - 13 St. Kitts Peninsula Ecosystem Survey - coral bleaching - State of the Reef 2007 - The State of the Reef 2003 - Yellow Band Disease