BleachWatch In-Person Training (Marathon)
Marathon City Hall 9805 Overseas Highway, Marathon, 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 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 …