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Reef flat, Palau Archipelago (Micronesia).
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Caribbean star coral(Montastraea annularis), Belize Barrier Reef (17°N, 88°W).
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Branching coral(Pocillopora damicornis) from the Gulf of Panamá (8°N, 79°W).
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 | The anatomy of a coral polyp |
 | Bleached (Pocillopera) 1983, shows how an El Niño year can affect coral growth. |
 | Food pyramid illustrating the transfer of energy. |
 | School of goatfish (Mulloidicthys dentatus), Clipperton Atoll in the eastern Pacific. |
 | Coral reefs only grow under certain conditions. |
 | Coral bleaching at Uva Island, Panama during thermocline shoaling in 1993. |
 | 5-meter high colony of massive coral (Pavona clavus), Urvina Bay, Galapagos Islands. |
 | Bird's eye view of Cariaco Basin, Venezuela (11°N, 65°W). |
 | Ecuadorean ship Wahoo off of Bartholemé, Galápagos Islands (1°S, 89°W). |
 | Colonies of Pavona clavus and branching coral Pocillopora robusta, Baja California. |
 | Extracting core with hydraulic drill on a Porites lobata colony, Clipperton Atoll. |
 | Extracting core with hydraulic drill on a Porites lobata colony, Clipperton Atoll. |
 | Positive x-radiograph collage of Galapagos Pavona clavus coral. |
 | Two sections of a core of (Pavona clavus) from Urvina Bay, Galápagos (0°, 91°W). |
 | A mass spectrometer measures chemical isotopes |
 | This map shows where El Niño occurs in the South Pacific |
 | South Pacific cross-section during normal years. |
 | South Pacific cross-section during El Niño years. |
 | Global effects (“teleconnections”) of ENSO warm events. |
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Erosion of (Pavona), Saboga Island, Panama
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A school of goatfish (Mulloidicthys dentatus) at Clipperton
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