Coral disease is considered an important factor in the recent decline of coral reefs
worldwide; yet transmission, a critical factor for understanding disease ecology, identifying at …

Coral reefs are exceptionally biodiverse and human dependence on their ecosystem
services is high. Reefs experience significant direct and indirect anthropogenic pressures …

Background Coral reefs face unprecedented declines in diversity and cover, a development
largely attributed to climate change-induced bleaching and subsequent disease outbreaks …

Disease is defined as a disorder of structure or function in an organism, which produces
specific signs or symptoms and is not simply a direct result of physical injury. In scleractinian …

In this study, we assess coral health by detecting the severity of coral diseases and
compromised health states on massive Porites. Field surveys are conducted at twenty-two …

The accessibility of high-throughput DNA sequencing technologies has attracted the
application of comparative microbial analyses to study diseases. These studies present a …

Disease in coral species is one factor associated with the current degradation process of
tropical reefs. The history of research on coral pathologies dates to 1970 with the first reports …

Coral reefs are globally one of the most threatened ecosystems, both from natural as well as
anthropogenic pressures. The Indian coastline harbours around 1% of the global reef area …

The work presented within the Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring Report for the Pacific
Remote Islands Marine National Monument 2000—2017 is a direct result of nearly 20 years …