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Fine Scale Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Outbreak Within the Lower Florida Keys

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
One of the latest threats to Florida’s Coral Reef is the stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) outbreak which affects all but a few Caribbean scleractinian species and has spread throughout the Caribbean since 2014. Without a known pathogen, ecological
Sara D. Williams, Cory S. Walter, Erinn M. Muller   +2 more
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Evaluating the small-scale epidemiology of the stony-coral -tissue-loss-disease in the middle Florida Keys.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Along the Florida reef tract, stony-coral-tissue-loss disease (SCTLD) has caused extensive mortality of more than 20 scleractinian coral species. The pathogen is unknown, but its epizoology indicates that the disease, facilitated by water currents, has ...
William C Sharp, Colin P Shea, Kerry E Maxwell, Erinn M Muller, John H Hunt   +4 more
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Stony coral tissue loss disease accelerated shifts in coral composition and declines in reef accretion potential in the Florida Keys

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
Outbreaks of coral disease have been a dominant force shaping western Atlantic coral-reef assemblages since the late 1970s. Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is nonetheless having an unprecedented impact in the region. Whereas numerous studies over
Lauren T. Toth, Travis A. Courtney, Michael A. Colella, Rob R. Ruzicka   +3 more
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Diversity and Disease: The Effects of Coral Diversity on Prevalence and Impacts of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) was first observed in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) in January 2019. This disease affects at least 20 scleractinian coral species; however, it is not well understood how reef diversity affects its spread ...
Sophia V. Costa, Stephanie J. Hibberts, Danielle A. Olive, Danielle A. Olive, Kayla A. Budd, Alexys E. Long, Sonora S. Meiling, Madyson B. Miller, Kelsey M. Vaughn, Claudia I. Carrión, Maksym B. Cohen, Annie E. Savage, Matthew F. Souza, Lorraine Buckley, Kristin W. Grimes, Renata Platenberg, Tyler B. Smith, Jeremiah Blondeau, Marilyn E. Brandt   +18 more
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Assessment of nutrient amendments on stony coral tissue loss disease in Southeast Florida

Frontiers in Marine Science
Florida’s coral reefs are facing a multi-year outbreak of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) with dramatic consequences for coral communities. However, potential anthropogenic and environmental drivers of SCTLD progression and severity remain poorly
Ashley M. Carreiro, Ryan J. Eckert, Alexis B. Sturm, Thomas C. Ingalls, Thomas C. Ingalls, Ian R. Combs, Brian K. Walker, Joshua D. Voss   +7 more
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Evaluating the spread of stony coral tissue loss disease in the Bay Islands, Honduras

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
Scleractinian corals, considered key reef ecosystem engineers, have suffered irreparable damage over the last decades, with causes widely attributed directly and indirectly to increased human pressure on coral communities. Stony coral tissue loss disease
Mar Truc, Antonella Rivera, Gabriela M. Ochoa, Damaris Dueñas, Zara Guifarro, Gisselle Brady, Zara Zúniga, Braulio Gutiérrez, Caitlin Chock, Laura Zaldivar   +9 more
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Connecting the Dots: Transmission of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease From the Marquesas to the Dry Tortugas

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
For the last 7 years, Florida’s Coral Reef (FCR) has suffered from widespread and severe coral loss caused by stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD). First observed off the coast of Miami-Dade county in 2014, the outbreak has since spread throughout the
Thomas Dobbelaere, Daniel M. Holstein, Erinn M. Muller, Lewis J. Gramer, Lewis J. Gramer, Lucas McEachron, Sara D. Williams, Emmanuel Hanert, Emmanuel Hanert   +8 more
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Evaluating the effectiveness of field-based probiotic treatments for stony coral tissue loss disease in southeast Florida, USA

Frontiers in Marine Science
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has spread throughout Florida’s Coral Reef, causing extensive mortality of over 30 species of reef-building corals, and has rapidly spread to many other countries and territories throughout the Caribbean.
Kelly A. Pitts, Mackenzie Scheuermann, Jonathan S. Lefcheck, Blake Ushijima, Blake Ushijima, Natalie Danek, E. Murphy McDonald, Aaron R. Milanese, Monica D. Schul, Julie L. Meyer, Kathryn A. Toth, Zachary Ferris, Yesmarie T. De La Flor, Thomas DeMarco, Hunter K. G. Noren, Brian K. Walker, Valerie J. Paul   +16 more
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Stony coral tissue loss disease: a review of emergence, impacts, etiology, diagnostics, and intervention

Frontiers in Marine Science
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is destructive and poses a significant threat to Caribbean coral reef ecosystems. Characterized by the acute loss of coral tissue, SCTLD has impacted over 22 stony coral species across the Caribbean region, leading
Erin Papke, Ashley Carreiro, Caroline Dennison, Jessica M. Deutsch, Lys M. Isma, Sonora S. Meiling, Ashley M. Rossin, Andrew C. Baker, Marilyn E. Brandt, Neha Garg, Neha Garg, Daniel M. Holstein, Nikki Traylor-Knowles, Joshua D. Voss, Blake Ushijima   +14 more
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Disease Diagnostics and Potential Coinfections by Vibrio coralliilyticus During an Ongoing Coral Disease Outbreak in Florida

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
A deadly coral disease outbreak has been devastating the Florida Reef Tract since 2014. This disease, stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD), affects at least 22 coral species causing the progressive destruction of tissue.
Blake Ushijima, Julie L. Meyer, Sharon Thompson, Kelly Pitts, Michael F. Marusich, Jessica Tittl, Elizabeth Weatherup, Jacqueline Reu, Raquel Wetzell, Greta S. Aeby, Claudia C. Häse, Valerie J. Paul   +11 more
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