Mote Marine Laboratory / Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Florida Keys BleachWatch Program

 

Coral Bleaching Report Form

Instructions : The following form may be completed and submitted online, or printed and submitted by mail or fax.
Please provide as much information as possible. Detailed instructions and visual aids are available. Please submit a separate form for each observation/location.

Date of Observation        Time

Observer Information:               

Name Phone E-mail
Address
Name of Vessel/Organization (if applicable):

 

Site Information:               Latitude     Longitude

Location/Site Name        Max. Depth ft.      Buoy #/Area of Reef


Reef Zone:

Hardbottom     Patch reef     Mid-channel reef     Reef     Deep reef     Other

 

Environmental Conditions(optional):

Wind Speed     Air Temp º    Surface Temp º      Bottom Temp º    Cloud Cover

Did you observe signs of  coral bleaching during your visit?

           YES (please continue to observations)                   NO (please provide any other comments before submitting)

Bleaching Observations:

What was the overall severity of bleaching over the entire site?
         Bleached only on upper surface   Paling     Bleached white     Dead with algae growth  

 

What type(s) of coral(s) showed signs of bleaching?
         Branching/Pillar      Encrusting/Mound/Boulder       Brain         Leaf/Plate/Sheet        Fleshy        Flowering/Cup

 

What was the percent of coral bleached?    0%      1-10%     11-30%      31-50%      51-75%      76-100%

 

What was the depth range of corals showing signs of bleaching?      max     min

   Did you notice any of the following bleaching:            Fire Coral     Palythoa     Gorgonians
               (Note: while none of these are Stony Corals, they often act as early indicators to coral bleaching)

   Comments/Notes(ie.- specific species bleaching, coral disease, mortality, etc.)

Remember: If there is no bleaching, we still need to know regularly about your site.

 

Mote Marine Laboratory - Tropical Research Laboratory

24244 Overseas Highway, Summerland Key, FL 33042

(305) 745-2729       (305) 745-2730(fax)       TRL-info@mote.org