Reconnaissance and Intervention - Coral Disease Response Team

The Reconnaissance & Intervention Team is responsible for the efforts to identify, track, and map the leading edge of the disease front. Where possible, they may assist partners outside Florida with similar endeavors. The Reconnaissance & Intervention Team is responsible for identifying sites and colonies within the invasion, epidemic, and endemic zones for treatment. The Team also develops relevant protocols and decision-making tools. The Reconnaissance & Intervention Team will, where possible, work to develop novel treatments or improve existing treatment methodologies.

Explore the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Intervention Dashboard above to see which treatments are applied to select species along Florida's Coral Reef.

Reconnaissance & Intervention Team Reports

• Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Intervention 2019 Summary
• Neely and Lewis 2018. In-situ Disease Intervention Final Report
• Berzins et al. 2013 Abstract Submission: Effects of Disease Treatments on Captive Coral Health
• Nursery management and treatment of disease-ravaged pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus) on the Florida Reef Tract
• Ultraviolet deactivation of coral disease lesions
• Southeast Florida large (>2 meter) diseased coral colony intervention summary report
• Surveying the Florida Keys Southern Disease Boundary
• Ex-situ disease treatment trials
• Amoxicillin Trihydrate Stability in Correlation with Coral Ointment Batch#18006-B and Simulated Seawater
• Southeast Florida Reef-building-coral Response to Amoxicillin Intervention and Broader-scale Coral Disease Intervention
• Intervention and fate tracking for corals affected by stony coral tissue loss disease in the northern Florida Reef Tract

Contact
Team Leads: Karen Neely (kneely0@nova.edu) and Stephanie Schopmeyer (Stephanie.Schopmeyer@MyFWC.com)