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Mapping global coral vulnerability to stony coral tissue loss disease: implications for biosecurity and conservation

Frontiers in Marine Science
Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) has devastated Caribbean coral reefs since 2014, but its potential for global impact remains uncertain. We developed predictive models to assess the worldwide vulnerability of coral reefs to SCTLD under different ...
Kevin D. Lafferty, Giovanni Strona
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Progressive chronic tissue loss disease in Siderastrea siderea on Florida's coral reef. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has devastated numerous species of corals across the Western Atlantic but one reef coral, Siderastrea siderea, displays unusual tissue loss lesions. We examined the dynamics of lesions in S.
Greta Smith Aeby, Yasunari Kiryu, Jan Landsberg, Blake Ushijima, Scott Jones, L Jay Houk, Joseph Kuehl, Valerie J Paul   +7 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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Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Outbreaks in The Bahamas [PDF]

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Coral reefs of Grand Bahama and New Providence islands in The Bahamas have been surveyed several times over the past decade, and long-term monitoring indicates declines in coral cover associated with hurricanes, bleaching events, and local threats ...
Craig Dahlgren, Valeria Pizarro, Krista Sherman, William Greene, Joseph Oliver   +4 more
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Experimental transmission of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease results in differential microbial responses within coral mucus and tissue. [PDF]

ISME Commun, 2022
Abstract Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is a widespread and deadly disease that affects nearly half of Caribbean coral species. To understand the microbial community response to this disease, we performed a disease transmission experiment on US Virgin Island (USVI) corals, exposing six species of coral with varying ...
Huntley N, Brandt ME, Becker CC, Miller CA, Meiling SS, Correa AMS, Holstein DM, Muller EM, Mydlarz LD, Smith TB, Apprill A.   +10 more
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Assessing the impact of stony coral tissue loss disease on coral cover on Bonaire’s Leeward side

Frontiers in Marine Science
The 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, Viggo Van der Roest, Olivier Vlam, Sam Nouse, Erik Meesters   +4 more
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Novel metagenomics analysis of stony coral tissue loss disease. [PDF]

G3 (Bethesda)
AbstractStony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has devastated coral reefs off the coast of Florida and continues to spread throughout the Caribbean. Although a number of bacterial taxa have consistently been associated with SCTLD, no pathogen has been definitively implicated in the etiology of SCTLD.
Heinz JM, Lu J, Huebner LK, Salzberg SL, Sommer M, Rosales SM.   +5 more
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Stony coral tissue loss disease indirectly alters reef communities. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Many Caribbean coral reefs are near collapse due to various threats. An emerging threat, stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD), is spreading across the Western Atlantic and Caribbean. Data from the U.S. Virgin Islands reveal how SCTLD spread has reduced the abundance of susceptible coral and crustose coralline algae and increased cyanobacteria, fire ...
Swaminathan SD, Lafferty KD, Knight NS, Altieri AH.   +3 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 microbial backdrop of coral hosts.
Evans JS, Paul VJ, Ushijima B, Pitts KA, Kellogg CA.   +4 more
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Impacts of stony coral tissue loss disease on the persistence of Caribbean cleaner gobies

Frontiers in Marine Science
Because they serve as the main architects of coral reefs, the distribution and abundance of stony coral species have major impacts on other associated community members. Thus, coral diseases can have significant cascading effects throughout the ecosystem.
Kayla A. Budd, Paul C. Sikkel, Paul C. Sikkel, Paul C. Sikkel, Marilyn E. Brandt, Sophia V. Costa, Tyler B. Smith, Richard S. Nemeth   +7 more
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