Coral Bleaching Reporting

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Glossary of Terms

Secchi Disk

Visibility disk (white and black, 30cm diameter) used to measure the transparency of water.

Littoral

Of or pertaining to a shore, especially of the sea. Often used as a general term for the coastal zone influenced by wave action, or, more specifically, the shore zone between the high and low water marks.

Gabion

Steel wire-mesh basket to hold stones or crushed rock to protect a bank or bottom from erosion. Structures composed of masses of rocks, rubble or masonry held tightly together usually by wire mesh so as to form blocks or walls. Sometimes used (although not recommended) on heavy erosion coastal areas to retard wave action.

Beach

An accumulation of loose sediment (usually sand or gravel) along the coast.

Aquaculture

The cultivation of aquatic organisms.

ENSO (El Niño/Southern Oscillation)

A cyclical, large-scale changes in atmospheric and ocean patterns in which, among other things, warm surface water in the Pacific moves further to the east than normal. (See also El Niño ).

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