sentence: One year after the Hurricane Gilbert hit Quintana Roo in 1988 , a mass bleaching event occurred in the coral reefs of Isla Mujeres , Puerto Morelos , Mahahual , and Sian Ka ’ an ; however , the mortality was moderate to low in the different seasons when there were increases in temperature at sea , with subsequent slow recoveries ( Gardner et al ., 2003 ; Reaser , Pomerance & Thomas , 2000 ; Wilkinson & Souter , 2008 ) .