full 2003

1998	The beginning of the end	It was in the middle of Aug in '98, the never ending story of coral bleaching begun.
1999	Death and the return to life	Almost all the table coral has dead.The algal films has grown thickly over the body.
2000	The next generation	The glimmer of hope has fallen.A tiny new born coral has born.
2001	Breaching again	Corals of Cape Maeda are suffering sever breaching again since 1998.
2002	Hope ended in deep despair	Many new corals are seen in this year.But the struggle for life is getting severe.
2003	The ending of the end	There is no hope. Coral reef of Okinawa I. has gone...
2006	Erosion is increasing	Erosion of dead corals are increasing.
2008	10 years later	Erosion is getting worse.
2009	Neverending story	New corals are growing ! How fantastic it is !

---	Underwater view of Cape Maeda		Click here to identify each coral of the below by a larger version. (150kb 800x600)
Jul 2003			Algal films were decreasing.
Mar 2003	up : G : good	up : n15-2: Oh great !! It began to grow again ! !	No remarkable change.	up : n16-2: It recovered a little. up : n32-1: New coral was growing.
Feb 2003	up : G : good	up : n23-1 : There's no hope for recovery.	Algal films were increasing.	up : n16-2: Oh no... Algal films on it !! up : n32-1: New coral
Jan 2003		up : n15-2: It's getting smaller... up : n23-1 : It's dead...	Algal films were decreasing due to bad weather of winter. up : n29-3 : Dead...	up : n16-2: It recovered a little. up : n31-1: New coral.