Our leading research in this area has involving in particular assessing ecological impacts of the 1998 coral bleaching event in the Western Indian Ocean. This has included before-after comparisons, and meta and long-term data analysis of many WIO sites but most especially the granitic Seychelles. Our work has also included studies of the interaction between bleaching and fishing-related effects in Fiji and long-term changes on the Great Barrier Reef. We will build on our understanding of reef fish/habitat relationships within the large EU FP7 funded FORCE consortium which is to focus on the Caribbean.
