Fig. 6: Rio do Fogo coral reefs during summer/fall 2020.
From: The severe 2020 coral bleaching event in the tropical Atlantic linked to marine heatwaves
Aerial footage of Rio do Fogo reefs (a) before (April 2019) and (b) during (April 2020) the severe MHW, highlighting the changes of patches occupied by stony corals and zoanthids from a vivid brown to a stark white shade resulted from the bleaching event. c Underwater photograph illustrating the white reefscape during the bleaching event (April 2020) with most stony corals and zoanthids bleached. Summer (S) and winter (W) average percentage of the area covered at Rio do Fogo by healthy (dark shade) and bleached (light shade) for (d) stony corals and (e) zoanthids. Month average percentage of the area covered at Rio do Fogo by healthy (dark shade), pale (intermediate shade), fluorescent (pink shade; only for stony corals) and bleached (light shade) for (f) stony corals and (g) zoanthids. See methods for more details on how the coverage data are obtained.
