"This 28-minute video demonstrates a simple low-cost technique for assessing the general health of corals. Laceration wounds are a common occurrence on corals from predation such as fish bites, diver interactions, scientific sampling, vessel damage or nat...

Anthropogenic pollutants are a major threat to the health and fitness of coral reefs. These pollutants can be found in the water column or concentrate in the sediments, where they may be toxic to marine life. This 17-minute video demonstrates simple, spec...

"Coral Protocols Online (CPO) is the latest addition to the CDHC website (in beta testing). CPO is an online coral community resource intended to be a living document that provides up-to-date protocols, laboratory methods and techniques to support scienti...

This website makes available to the public eight coral genomic databases with newly obtained DNA sequences that can be utilized for analysis and assay development.

"Coral disease was first recognized as a threat to Caribbean reefs in 1972 when Antonius (Antonius, 1973) reported the discovery of black band disease. Since that time the prevalence and incidence of coral disease has been reported in an ever-increasing f...

"Diseases and diminishing health condition among corals have dramatically increased in frequency and distribution over the last decade, leading to unprecedented decreases in live coral and altering the function and productivity of coral reef ecosystems. R...

"If you observe an unusual change in coral color, skeleton, or an abnormal growth, you can report this information using our Level I report form. Your information will assist in the study of coral disease by providing early information on potential major ...

The CDHC is a network of field and laboratory scientists, coral reef managers, and agency representatives devoted to understanding coral health and disease. It is extensive, highly collaborative, and completely voluntary with over 150 partners currently. ...

"The live specimen holdings include scleractinian, sea anemone, and corallimorph species. There are at least 20 species with more than 30 medium sized colonies and 9 large colonies. The holdings include greater than 500 fragments of scleractinians (primar...

"Coral Disease Outbreak Investigation Training Modules 1-8 (Downloaded pdfs have a toggle on-off icon for the presenters notes.): Module 1 Background, Definitions and Overview of the Process Module 2 Structure and Function of the Response Network Module 3...