Coral diseases and bleaching on Colombian Caribbean coral reefs [PDF]
Revista de Biología Tropical, 2010 Since 1998 the National Monitoring System for the Coral Reefs of Colombia (SIMAC) has monitored the occurrence of coral bleaching and diseases in some Colombian coral reefs (permanent stations at San Andres Island, Rosario Islands, Tayrona, San Bernardo ...
Raúl Navas-Camacho +4 more
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Revealing the status of Orbicella: Main reef-builder of Morrocoy National Park and Cuare Wildlife Refuge, Venezuela, Southern Caribbean. [PDF]
PLoS ONEReef-building corals are the main basis of coral reef ecosystems, and the Orbicella genus is currently the most important in the Caribbean region. Although Orbicella species have been extensively studied, gaps in some southern Caribbean areas still ...
Anaurora Yranzo-Duque +9 more
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Disease prevalence and bacterial isolates associated with Acropora palmata in the Colombian Caribbean [PDF]
PeerJThe decline in Acropora palmata populations in Colombian reefs has been mainly attributed to diseases outbreaks. The population size structure and prevalence of white pox and white band disease were evaluated in six localities of the Colombian Caribbean.
Marco Garzon-Machado +2 more
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Coral reef degradation at an atoll of the Western Colombian Caribbean [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Coral reef decline is an issue of concern around the globe. Remote and uninhabited coral areas are not exempt from facing changes in species composition and functionality due to global drivers.
Natalia Rivas +4 more
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Relationship between phylogeny and immunity suggests older Caribbean coral lineages are more resistant to disease. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Diseases affect coral species fitness and contribute significantly to the deterioration of coral reefs. The increase in frequency and severity of disease outbreaks has made evaluating and determining coral resistance a priority.
Jorge H Pinzón C +3 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 For several decades, white plagues (WPDs: WPD-I, II and III) and more recently, stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) have significantly impacted Caribbean corals.
Aldo Cróquer +3 more
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Some coral diseases track climate oscillations in the Caribbean
Scientific Reports, 2017 Disease outbreaks continue to reduce coral populations worldwide. Understanding coral diseases and their relationships with environmental drivers is necessary to forecast disease outbreaks, and to predict future changes in coral populations.
C. J. Randall, R. van Woesik
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A rapid spread of the stony coral tissue loss disease outbreak in the Mexican Caribbean [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Caribbean reef corals have experienced unprecedented declines from climate change, anthropogenic stressors and infectious diseases in recent decades. Since 2014, a highly lethal, new disease, called stony coral tissue loss disease, has impacted many reef-
Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip +4 more
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Experimental antibiotic treatment identifies potential pathogens of white band disease in the endangered Caribbean coral Acropora cervicornis [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2014 Coral diseases have been increasingly reported over the past few decades and are a major contributor to coral decline worldwide. The Caribbean, in particular, has been noted as a hotspot for coral disease, and the aptly named white syndromes have caused ...
Bythell J +5 more
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Tissue mortality by Caribbean ciliate infection and white band disease in three reef-building coral species [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Caribbean ciliate infection (CCI) and white band disease (WBD) are diseases that affect a multitude of coral hosts and are associated with rapid rates of tissue losses, thus contributing to declining coral cover in Caribbean reefs.
Alejandra Verde +2 more
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