The Emergence and Initial Impact of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) in the United States Virgin Islands [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Coral communities in the Caribbean face a new and deadly threat in the form of the highly virulent multi-host stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD).
Marilyn E. Brandt +11 more
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Investigating microbial size classes associated with the transmission of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Effective treatment and prevention of any disease necessitates knowledge of the causative agent, yet the causative agents of most coral diseases remain unknown, in part due to the difficulty of distinguishing the pathogenic microbe(s) among the complex ...
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Transmission of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) in simulated ballast water confirms the potential for ship-born spread [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) remains an unprecedented epizootic disease, representing a substantial threat to the persistence and health of coral reef ecosystems in the Tropical Western Atlantic since its first observation near Miami, Florida ...
Michael S. Studivan +9 more
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Changing Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Dynamics Through Time in Montastraea cavernosa [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is affecting corals across the Western Atlantic and displays species-specific and regional differences in prevalence, incidence, degree of mortality, and lesion morphology.
Greta Aeby +7 more
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Coral affected by stony coral tissue loss disease can produce viable offspring [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has caused high mortality of at least 25 coral species across the Caribbean, with Pseudodiploria strigosa being the second most affected species in the Mexican Caribbean.
Sandra Mendoza Quiroz +5 more
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A meta-analysis of the stony coral tissue loss disease microbiome finds key bacteria in unaffected and lesion tissue in diseased colonies [PDF]
ISME Communications, 2023 Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has been causing significant whole colony mortality on reefs in Florida and the Caribbean. The cause of SCTLD remains unknown, with the limited concurrence of SCTLD-associated bacteria among studies. We conducted a
Stephanie M. Rosales +22 more
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Stony coral tissue loss disease induces transcriptional signatures of in situ degradation of dysfunctional Symbiodiniaceae [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2023 Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD), one of the most pervasive and virulent coral diseases on record, affects over 22 species of reef-building coral and is decimating reefs throughout the Caribbean. To understand how different coral species and their
Kelsey M. Beavers +15 more
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Susceptibility of Caribbean Brain Coral Recruits to Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD)
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has devastated coral populations along Florida’s Coral Reef and beyond. Although widespread infection and mortality of adult colonies have been documented, no studies have yet investigated the susceptibility of ...
Olivia M. Williamson +3 more
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Genotype and symbiont composition rather than environment influence susceptibility to stony coral tissue loss disease in coral restoration broodstock [PDF]
Scientific ReportsOver the last several decades, Florida’s Coral Reef has been impacted by global and local stressors causing significant declines in living coral with no signs of natural recovery.
Katherine R. Eaton +4 more
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Variable Species Responses to Experimental Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) Exposure [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) was initially documented in Florida in 2014 and outbreaks with similar characteristics have since appeared in disparate areas throughout the northern Caribbean, causing significant declines in coral communities ...
Sonora S. Meiling +14 more
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