BleachWatch In-Person Training (Key West)
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary’s Eco-Discovery Center 33 East Quay Road, Key West, FL, United StatesCoral bleaching is the corals’ loss of their symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae), which give them their color. Bleaching is a natural event that occurs to someextent 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 …