Laughing Bird Caye National Park (LBCNP) is one of the seven marine protected areas that make up the Belize Barrier Reef World Heritage Site. It is located approximately 12 miles east of Placencia, in Southern Belize, Central America. LBCNP suffered from two major hurricanes, bleaching and disease events (1998 and 2001), extirpating its Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) population…
