Six decades of global coral bleaching monitoring: a review of methods and call for enhanced standardization and coordination

Coral bleaching poses a severe threat to the health and survival of global coral reef ecosystems, with recent events surpassing historical heat stress records. To address this crisis, improved long-term monitoring, communication, and coordination are urgently required to enhance conservation, manage...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Marine Science
Main Authors:	Andrea Rivera-Sosa, Aarón Israel Muñiz-Castillo, Ben Charo, Gregory P. Asner, Chris M. Roelfsema, Simon D. Donner, Brianna D. Bambic, Ana Gabriela Bonelli, Morgan Pomeroy, Derek Manzello, Paulina Martin, Helen E. Fox
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-03-01
Subjects:	coral reefs coral bleaching surveys global bleaching review marine heatwaves underwater surveys
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1547870/full