Gabriel Grimsditch,^* Jelvas M. Mwaura,^** Joseph Kilonzo,^*** Nassir Amiyo<sup>****


*</sup>Gabriel Grimsditch () is based at the United Nations Environment Programme in Nairobi where he works on marine climate change adaptation. Previously he was researching coral reef resilience to climate change in Mombasa with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Coastal and Ocean Research and Development in the Indian Ocean. Address: IUCN Climate Change and Coral Reefs Working Group, Kibaki Flats 9, PO Box 10135-80101, Bamburi, Mombasa, Kenya. e-mail: ggrimsditch@iucnus.org
^**Jelvas M. Mwaura is based at Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Mombasa, Kenya, where he is working on a number of targeted coral-reef related research projects. Previously, he was working for CORDIO-East Africa on climate change impacts on coral reefs, reef's resilience assessment and its implication on management. He holds an M.Sc. in Ecological Marine Management from Vrije Universiteit, Brussel, Belgium Address: CORDIO East Africa, Kibaki Flats 9, PO Box 10135-80101, Bamburi, Mombasa, Kenya. e-mail: jmwaura@cordioea.org
^***Joseph Kilonzo is working with Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute as a technical staff in the Institutes Lab. He has participated in a joined coral bleaching monitoring project in Marine protected areas and marine reserve between KMFRI and CORDIO E.A. Currently, he is working on coral survey in Shimoni South Coast Kenya and on Marine census on Fauna and Macrophytes with NAGISA project in West Indian Ocean. Address: Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, PO Box 81651, Bamburi, Mombasa, Kenya. e-mail: jamkilonzo@yahoo.com
^****Nassir Amiyo is a research scientist working with Kenya Wildlife Service. He is currently a graduate student at University of the Ryukyus, Japan. His scientific interests include coral reef ecology, conservation, and management. Address: Coast Conservation Area, Kenya Wildlife Service, PO Box 82144, Bamburi, Mombasa, Kenya. e-mail: nassirie@gmail.com