Florida's Coral Reef Webinar Series
Coral Reef Webinar Series
Every year during Earth Month, the Coral Reef Conservation Program invites you to participate in educational webinars about the wonders of our underwater national treasure: Florida's Coral Reef.
This April, we are looking forward to another wonderful series of talks! When the webinars are schedule the links to register will appear below.
Watch recordings from the 2022 Coral Reef Webinar Week
- Introducing Florida's Coral Reef
- Marine Invertebrate Identification (Part One of Two)
- Marine Invertebrate Identification (Part Two of Two)
- Reef Fish Identification (Part One of Two)
- Reef Fish Identification (Part Two of Two)
- Reef Fish Identification (Part Two of Two)
- BleachWatch Observer Training
- Protecting Florida's Coral Reef + SEAFAN
- How to Identify Florida’s Stony Corals (Part One of Two)
- How to Identify Florida’s Stony Corals (Part Two of Two)
- Coral Reef Story Time
Watch recordings from the 2021 Coral Reef Webinar Week
- Marine Invertebrate Identification: Part One (with Florida Sea Grant).
- Marine Invertebrate Identification: Part Two.
- REEF Fish Identification: Part One (with Florida Sea Grant).
- REEF Fish Identification: Part Two (with Florida Sea Grant).
- BleachWatch Observer Training.
- Protecting Florida's Coral Reef and SEAFAN.
- Coral Reef Story Time.
- Stony Coral Identification.
After watching the webinars, test your identification skills with these species identification videos and keys from the Nova Southeastern University GIS and Spatial Ecology Lab.
Video 1
Coral species
Mountainous star coral (Orbicella faveolata)
Great star coral (Montastrea cavernosa)
Fish Species
0:00 - Red grouper (Epinelphelus morio)
0:00 and 0:10 - Porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus)
0:14 - Sergeant major (Abudefduf saxatilis) and bluehead wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum)
Video 2
Coral species
Mountainous star coral (Orbicella faveolata)
Fish Species
0:00, 0:10 and 0:50 - Porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus)
0:00 and 0:50 - Mangrove/gray snapper (Lutjanus griseus)
0:36 and 0:45 - Bermuda chubs (Kyphosis sectatrix)
1:09 - Bluestriped grunt (Haemulon sciurus)
Video 3
Coral species
Mountainous star coral (Orbicella faveolata)
Fish Species
0:00, 0:50, 1:45, and 2:15 - Porkfish (Anisotremus virginicus)
0:03, 0:40 and 2:00 - Gray angelfish (Pomacanthus arcuatus)
0:30 - Mixed grunts and snappers
0:52 - Sergeant major (Abudefduf saxatilis)
1:35 - Bicolor damselfish (Stegastes partitus)
1:40 - Juvenile wrasse
1:43 - Bluehead wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum)
2:15 - Bluestriped grunts (Haemulon sciurus)
2:15 - French grunts (Haemulon flavolineatum)
2:18 - Mangrove/gray snapper (Lutjanus griseus)
2:57 - French angelfish (Pomocanthus paru)
3:45 and 4:08 - Spiny lobsters
3:53 - Harlequin bass (Serranus tigrinis)
4:45 - Long spined urchin (Diadema antillarum)