Field operations provide a critical link in disease diagnostics. Consistent and efficient sampling and data collection are crucial to effective laboratory analyses and ultimately to the diagnosis of a disease. This page hosts training videos of field collection techniques for coral disease investigations. 

For more methods, techniques, and protocols for field activities, visit the Field Research Protocol page here. We invite contributions from researchers to expand this collection of coral protocols. Submissions will undergo review prior to inclusion. Please download a template to organize your protocol. Once you have prepared your protocol it may be submitted to the CDHC at cdhc.coral@noaa.gov by entering New Protocol in the subject line and attaching the protocol in Word and pdf formats.