BleachWatch In-Person Training (Islamorada)
The Florida Keys History & Discovery Center 82100 Overseas Highway, Islamorada, FL, United StatesCoral bleaching is the corals’ loss of their symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae), which give them their color. Bleaching is anatural event that occurs to some extent annually in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS). Records show that coral bleaching has been occurring for many years in the Florida Keys and also indicate that the frequency …