One of the first tasks that the participants was the selection of attributes of
	the coral reef system and its environment that will change in response
	to global climate change impacts.
	It was clear that would influence coral health and mortality, and that measures
	Of changes in coral reef community structure would reflect the impact of
	GCC on coral reefs, provided this could be differentiated from
	natural and other Anthropogenic sources of stress.
	The monitoring regime was designed and developed through a
	concultatative process that was initiated at first  sub-regional workshop
	in support of Component 5 implementation was held in Belize in March 1998.
	Marine biologists, coastal resource managers, representatives of government
	agencies, and of environmental non-governmental organizations discussed
	the implications of global climate change events on coral reefs and developed
	an consensus view on how best to monitor for climate change impacts.