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Ciliates associated with signs of disease on two Caribbean corals

Coral Reefs, 2014
Coral diseases have contributed significantly to the decline in coral cover in the Caribbean. As many as twenty diseases have been described for Caribbean corals, but few have known etiologies. Here we report on disease signs that were accompanied by high densities of motile, holotrich ciliates, on two species of Caribbean corals, Orbicella faveolata ...
Randall, Carly J., Jordan-Garza, Adan G., Van Woesik, Robert   +2 more
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White-band disease and the changing face of Caribbean coral reefs

Hydrobiologia, 2001
In recent decades, the cover of fleshy macroalgae has increased and coral cover has decreased on most Caribbean reefs. Coral mortality precipitated this transition, and the accumulation of macroalgal biomass has been enhanced by decreased herbivory and increased nutrient input. Populations of Acropora palmata (elkhorn coral) and A.
Richard B. Aronson, William F. Precht
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Contemporary white-band disease in Caribbean corals driven by climate change

Nature Climate Change, 2015
Thermal stresses associated with climate change have contributed to the spread of white-band disease in important reef-building corals in the Caribbean.
Randall, C.J., van Woesik, R.
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Species-specific susceptibility to white plague disease in three common Caribbean corals

Coral Reefs, 2019
White plague disease has caused widespread coral mortality and affects over 30 Caribbean coral species, yet how different coral species respond to disease exposure has not been tested experimentally. This study quantified white plague transmission from Orbicella franksi to three susceptible and abundant coral species in the U.S.
Logan Williams, Tyler B. Smith, Colleen A. Burge, Marilyn E. Brandt   +3 more
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White Pox Disease of the Caribbean Elkhorn Coral, Acropora palmata

2004
Populations of the most common Caribbean reef-building coral, Acropora palmata, are being decimated by white pox disease, with losses of living cover in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) averaging 88%. Elkhorn coral plays a significant role in the structural and functional integrity of Caribbean coral reef ecosystems. A.
Kathryn Patterson Sutherland, Kim B. Ritchie   +1 more
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Black Band Disease Microbial Community Variation on Corals in Three Regions of the Wider Caribbean

Microbial Ecology, 2007
Black band disease (BBD) is a pathogenic consortium of microorganisms that primarily affects massive framework-building scleractinian corals on reefs worldwide. There has been considerable debate concerning the microbial community composition of BBD. The aim of this study was to utilize microbial profiling to assess overall patterns of variation in the
Joshua D, Voss, Deetta K, Mills, Jamie L, Myers, Elizabeth R, Remily, Laurie L, Richardson   +4 more
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The bacterial ecology of a plague‐like disease affecting the Caribbean coral Montastrea annularis

Environmental Microbiology, 2003
Summary The bacterial communities associated with the Caribbean coral Montastrea annularis showing tissue lesions indicative of a White Plague (WP)‐like disease were investigated.
Pantos O, Cooney RP, Le Tissier MDA, Barer MR, O'Donnell AG, Bythell JC   +5 more
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Coral Disease: Direct and Indirect Agents, Mechanisms of Disease, and Innovations for Increasing Resistance and Resilience.

Annual Review of Marine Science
As climate change drives health declines of tropical reef species, diseases are further eroding ecosystem function and habitat resilience. Coral disease impacts many areas around the world, removing some foundation species to recorded low levels and ...
Rebecca L. Vega Thurber, Denise P Silva, Lauren Speare, Aldo Cróquer, A. Veglia, Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip, Jesse R. Zaneveld, E. Muller, Adrienne M S Correa   +8 more
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Relationships between the history of thermal stress and the relative risk of diseases of Caribbean corals

Ecology, 2014
The putative increase in coral diseases in the Caribbean has led to extensive declines in coral populations. Coral diseases are a consequence of the complex interactions among the coral hosts, the pathogens, and the environment. Yet, the relative influence that each of these components has on the prevalence of coral diseases is unclear. Also unknown is
Randall, C.J., Jordan-Garza, A.G., Muller, E.M., van Woesik, R.   +3 more
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The relative effectiveness of chlorine and antibiotic treatments for stony coral tissue loss disease

Frontiers in Marine Science
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) causes severe mortality in many hard corals and is now present in most of the Caribbean. The application of amoxicillin paste is currently the most successful local intervention to treat SCTLD lesions in nature ...
Graham E. Forrester, Laura Arton, Argel Horton, Greta Aeby   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source