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PLOS ONE, 2016 Coral reefs are declining worldwide due to multiple factors including rising sea surface temperature, ocean acidification, and disease outbreaks. Over the last 30 years, White Band Disease (WBD) alone has killed up to 95% of the Caribbean`s dominant shallow-water corals--the staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis and the elkhorn coral A. palmata.
Silvia Libro, Steven V Vollmer
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Assessing the impact of stony coral tissue loss disease on coral cover on Bonaire’s Leeward side
Frontiers in Marine ScienceThe effects of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) in the Dutch Caribbean, specifically in Bonaire, have not been documented since its first sighting in March 2023.
Bernardo A. Pepe +4 more
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From citizen science to policy development on the coral reefs of Jamaica [PDF]
, 2012 This paper explores the application of citizen science to help generation of scientific data and capacity-building, and so underpin scientific ideas and policy development in the area of coral reef management, on the coral reefs of Jamaica. From 2000 to
Crabbe, M. James C.
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Preliminary overview of exotic and invasive marine species in the Dutch Caribbean [PDF]
The marine exotic species of the Dutch Caribbean are less well-known than its terrestrial exotics. So far, only 27 known or suspected marine exotic species, some of which are also invasive are documented for one or more islands of the Dutch Caribbean ...
Buurt, G., van +2 more
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A survey of cellular reactions to environmental stress and disease in Caribbean scleractinian corals [PDF]
Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen, 1984 Despite growing concern about the demise of coral reefs in many areas of the world, few studies have investigated the possibility that bacteria- or virus-caused diseases may be important agents in the disappearance of living coral tissue from reefs, and that their occurrence and transmission may be influenced by natural or man-made changes in water ...
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Atoll research bulletin. [PDF]
, 2005 no.531-542 ...
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) +4 more
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Assessment of the Coral Reefs of the Turks and Caicos Islands (Part 2: Fish Communities) [PDF]
, 2003 Ecologically and commercially significant coral reef fishes were surveyed at 28 sites in the Turks and Caicos Islands during August 1999. Our results constitute the first quantitative census of these fishes and can serve as baseline information for ...
Brandt, Marilyn +4 more
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Assessment of the microbial communities associated with white syndrome and brown jelly syndrome in aquarium corals [PDF]
, 2013 Bacterial and ciliate assemblages associated with aquarium corals displaying white syndrome (WS) and brown jelly syndrome (BJS) were investigated. Healthy (n = 10) and diseased corals (WS n = 18; BJS n = 3) were analysed for 16S rRNA gene bacterial ...
Bythell, John C. +3 more
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DiversityThe recent rise in ocean temperatures, accompanied by other environmental changes, has notably increased the occurrence and spread of diseases in Octocorallia, many species of which are integral to shallow tropical and subtropical coral reef ecosystems ...
O. A. Korzhavina +5 more
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A 1200-year record of parrotfish teeth suggests centuries of overfishing in Belize. [PDF]
, 2019 Humans have utilized the Mesoamerican Reef for millennia but the effects of prehistorical and historical fishing on this ecosystem remain understudied. To assess long-term trends in reef fish abundance in the central Belizean portion, we used three reef ...
muraoka, wendy
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