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27 5 Vol. 27, No. 5 2007 5 ACTA ECOLOG ICA SIN ICA M ay, 2007 1, 2 1 李 淑 , 余克服 ( 1. , , 510301; 2. , 100049) : ( ) , , , : ( 1), ; ( 2) ; ( 3), ; ( 4), , ; ( 5) D, D C : ; ; ; ; : 2007): Q 17 : A Recent developm ent in coral reef bleaching research 1, 2 1 LI Shu , YU K eFu 1CA S K ey La boratory of M arg ica l Sea G eology, S outh Ch ina S ea I nstitu te of Ocean ology, Ch ineseA cademy of Sc iences, G uangz hou 510301, Ch ina 2 G raduate S chool of Ch ineseA cademy of Sc iences, B eij ing 100049, C hina A cta E co log ica S in ica, 2007, 27( ) : 20 9~ 2069. Abstract: Coral reef bleaching, the ecological phenomenon of whiten ing of reefs, results from the loss of symbiotic zooxanthellae and/or a reduction in photosynthetic p igment concentrations in zooxanthellae resid ingw ithin the gastroderm al tissues of host anmi als. Bleaching can be triggered by a variety of environm ental factors including extrem es of temperature ( heat shock and cold shock), ultrav iolet radiation, pollution, d isease, etc. . A lthough any of these processesmay act on a local scale, largescale bleach ing ( orm ass bleach ing) events have generally been linked to elevated sea surface temperature ( or h igh irradiance) as a result of recent globalw arm ing, accom panied by intensified E lN i oSouthern Oscillation(ENSO) events. M ass bleach ing events often resu lt in largescale coralm ortality, such as the 199 w idespread bleaching event that led tom assivem ortality of global reefs. Furtherm ore, such coral reef bleaching has increased in frequency, intensity, and geographical extent ov