Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
FWRI’s Coral Research Program is home to the Disturbance Response Monitoring (DRM) program. The DRM program is the largest, collaborative volunteer-based coral monitoring effort in the world and brings together partners across the jurisdictions of Florida’s Coral Reef. The data generated by the DRM program provides reef managers with an annual assessment of the extent of coral bleaching and disease and its potential impacts on Florida’s coral reefs.
During the summer of 2023, record breaking water temperatures exposed coral reefs in the Florida Keys to heat stress for more than double the amount of time than previous records. The DRM program surveys were vital to capturing the severity of this bleaching event and they will monitor again in the winter of 2024 to better understand what happened to our reefs.
Find more about Florida’s coral reefs and the Disturbance Response Monitoring program: myfwc.com/research/habitat/coral/drm
FWRI’s Coral Research Program is home to the Disturbance Response Monitoring (DRM) program. The DRM program is the largest, collaborative volunteer-based coral monitoring effort in the world and brings together partners across the jurisdictions of Florida’s Coral Reef. The data generated by the DRM program provides reef managers with an annual assessment of the extent of coral bleaching and disease and its potential impacts on Florida’s coral reefs.
During the summer of 2023, record breaking water temperatures exposed coral reefs in the Florida Keys to heat stress for more than double the amount of time than previous records. The DRM program surveys were vital to capturing the severity of this bleaching event and they will monitor again in the winter of 2024 to better understand what happened to our reefs.
Find more about Florida’s coral reefs and the Disturbance Response Monitoring program: myfwc.com/research/habitat/coral/drm
