Coral Disease Resources

Webinars and Videos

See Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease webinars, related presentation files and videos on the Webinars page.

White Paper

Coordination
Cartagena Convention Secretariat, United Nations Environment CEP (Ileana C. Lopez, Chris Corbin)
Lead Authors
This White Paper was prepared by the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute for the United Nations Environment Programme – Caribbean Environment Programme (UNEP-CEP). Its authors were Christine O’Sullivan, Emma Doyle, Patricia Kramer, and Judith Lang.

Field Guides and Training Materials

Field Guide to Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease.

Learn more about which species are affected and view a field guide to SCTLD.

Stages of Coral Mortality

See how the stages of disease affect the reef.

Florida Reef Tract Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease

Train the Trainers Presentation Tool, University of Florida – May 2019

What You Can Do

Take these steps to help reduce the spread of the disease

Infographics

Alerting All Divers! – An unprecedented disease is threatening corals in the Caribbean

English : Poster
En español: Poster
En français: Poster

Alerting All Divers! – Help stop the spread

English : Poster
En español: Poster
En français: Poster

MPAConnect – Guide to detect Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease on Caribbean Coral Reefs.

English : Press Releas e – Poster
En français : Press Release – Poster
En español : Press Release – Poster

What is Happening to Corals – Overview
–English language version
–Versión en español

I nfographic prepared by The Directorate of Nature and Environment, Aruba. For more information, you can also visit The Directorate of Nature and Environment government agency website.

Action Plan Template

Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Template Monitoring and Response Action Plan for Caribbean Marine Natural Resource Managers – V2 July 1, 2020

Action Plans – Country and Region

Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease: Action Plan for the Bonaire National Marine Park, November 12, 2022

NOAA Strategy for Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease: An Implementation Plan for Response and Prevention, September 2022

The Nature Conservancy and Red Arrecifal Dominicana (2020). Plan for the study of coral epizootiology. Santo Domingo Dominican Republic.

SCTLD IN THE MESOAMERICAN REEF REGION. An output of the Joint Session on Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Belize City
October 8th, 2019

Strategy for Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Prevention and Response at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
(Version 1)

Coral Disease Intervention Action Plan – Neely, K. 2018. Coral Disease Intervention Plan. Florida DEP. Miami, FL. Pp. 1-27.

ACTION PLAN
FOR SCTLD
IN CORAL REEF SYSTEMS
OF THE MEXICAN CARIBBEAN
C3-MAR2R-DOCTEC-001-2019

PLAN DE ACCIÓN DEL SÍNDROME BLANCO EN ARRECIFES DEL CARIBE MEXICANO – JULIO DEL 2019

2020 Coral Disease Outbreak Response Plan for the United States Virgin Islands.

Reports

• Florida Keys Coral Disease Strike Team: FY 19-20 Final Report – June 15, 2020
• Reporting Template for Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease – Jan 17, 2020
• First report of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease in the Dominican Republic
• Western Atlantic Coral Disease Identification Field Guide uses standardized nomenclature and diagnostic criteria for coral diseases (Bruckner, 2009)
• A Coral Disease Handbook: Guidelines for Assessment, Monitoring and Management
• USCG BMPs for ballast water exchange, September 6, 2019

Newsletters

Summer 2022: The first edition of the new semi-annual SCTLD newsletter, a collaborative product of Florida Sea Grant, NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program, and the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Coral Disease Working Group focused on sharing coral disease knowledge and experience across U.S. coral jurisdictions.