Article: Scouts explore waters off Florida Keys ; Members of Troop 150 went snorkeling, took photos of coral reefs.

Article: Marine Experts to Investigate Effects of Georges on ...
U.S. Newswire;  September 30, 1998 ;     626 words ... ... Marine Conservation, Florida Keys Program and an observer ... reef conditions in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary ... greatest threats to coral reefs are overfishing and ... living components of coral reefs, destabilize reef communities ...

Transcript: Analysis: Strange new disease attacking the coral ...
NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday;  June 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... 0000 Analysis: Strange new disease attacking the coral reefs off the Florida Keys Host: IRA FLATOW Time: 2:00-3:00 PM IRA ... noticed that a strange new disease was attacking the coral reefs. Attacking is hardly the right word here. It ...

Article: RED TIDE IN GULF OF MEXICO PUTS FLORIDA KEYS AT ...
The Boston Globe;  December 12, 2004 ;     613 words ... ... to wash ashore on the Florida Keys. "It's huge ... superintendent of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary ... threat to coral and coral reefs." Red tide is composed ... lobster trade off the Florida Keys, said the tide was ...

Article: Clouds Over the Coral.(impact of human habitat and tourism on the ...
E;  March 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... ago that I first dove the dear and fertile waters of the Florida Keys. Just five protected miles off Key West, the reef was close ... created to spend up to $10 million a year promoting the Florida Keys as a destination resort. It was all too successful. Today ...

Article: INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS TO MEET IN FLORIDA KEYS TO ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 16, 2008 ;     540 words ...The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration issued the following press release: Coral experts from the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Florida will gather at a NOAA-hosted workshop this month to share strategies for mitigating and managing the

Article: In a pioneering effort to restore coral reefs, ...
Animals;  September 22, 2001 ;     528 words ...In a pioneering effort to restore coral reefs, marine biologists are releasing the first laboratory-cultured Diadema sea urchins in the Florida Keys. When the urchin was nearly wiped out by disease in 1983, algae were able to proliferate to ...

Transcript: PROTECTOING CORAL REEFS: JACK A. SOBEL
Congressional Testimony;  June 27, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... remarkable living systems we call coral reefs, but also for those who most ... introduction to and love for coral reefs dates back nearly four decades ... fishing with my father in the Florida Keys. Coral Reefs: Diverse, Complex, Valuable ...