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, Tyler B Smith
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Impacts of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) on Coral Community Structure at an Inshore Patch Reef of the Upper Florida Keys Using Photomosaics [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 Since the appearance of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) on reefs off Miami in 2014, this unprecedented outbreak has spread across the entirety of Florida’s coral reef tract, as well as to many territories throughout the Caribbean. The endemic zone reached the upper Florida Keys by 2016, resulting in partial or complete mortality of coral ...
Graham Kolodziej +2 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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Similarities and Differences Between Two Deadly Caribbean Coral Diseases: White Plague and Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease [PDF]
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 Croquer, Ernesto Weil
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The effects of disease lesions and amoxicillin treatment on the physiology of SCTLD-affected corals
Frontiers in Marine ScienceMetrics of coral physiology can be used to identify changes in coral health due to environmental stressors or management actions. One of the most unprecedented stressors to Caribbean corals is the spread of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD), which also resulted in the novel management action of in-water amoxicillin treatments on active disease ...
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Elevated temperature decreases stony coral tissue loss disease transmission, with little effect of nutrients [PDF]
Scientific ReportsStony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is the deadliest scleractinian coral disease reported, causing significant coral loss in the Western Atlantic reefs.
Ana M. Palacio-Castro +8 more
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Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Results in Persistent Microbial-Level Disturbances on Coral Reef Ecosystems. [PDF]
Environ Microbiol RepStony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has reduced coral diversity and homogenised benthic communities. Beyond coral loss, SCTLD may disrupt microbiome composition and function, affecting reef recovery.
Rosales SM +4 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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Machine learning reveals distinct gene expression signatures across tissue states in stony coral tissue loss disease [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceStony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has rapidly degraded Caribbean reefs, compounding climate-related stressors and threatening ecosystem stability.
Kelsey M. Beavers +6 more
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Survival and reinfection rates of SCTLD-affected corals treated in situ with amoxicillin
Frontiers in Marine ScienceAbstract The unprecedented mortality to Caribbean corals caused by stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) led to the use of an in-water medicine applied directly to disease lesions. This topical amoxicillin paste is highly effective in halting lesions and has been used on tens of thousands of wild corals since 2019 ...
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