Similarities and differences between two deadly Caribbean coral diseases: white plague and stony coral tissue loss disease

A Cróquer, E Weil, CS Rogers - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
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. These diseases …

Viral-like particles are associated with endosymbiont pathology in Florida corals affected by stony coral tissue loss disease

TM Work, TM Weatherby, JH Landsberg… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) was first documented in 2014 near the Port of
Miami, Florida, and has since spread north and south along Florida's Coral Reef, killing …

A comparative baseline of coral disease in three regions along the Saudi Arabian coast of the central Red Sea

GS Aeby, A Shore, T Jensen, M Ziegler, T Work… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Coral disease is a growing problem for coral reefs globally and diseases have been linked
to thermal stress, excess nutrients, overfishing and other human impacts. The Red Sea is a …

Local dynamics of a white syndrome outbreak and changes in the microbial community associated with colonies of the scleractinian brain coral Pseudodiploria …

PE Thome, J Rivera-Ortega, JC Rodríguez-Villalobos… - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Reef corals in the Mexican Reef System have been severely affected by the emergence of a
white syndrome that resembles both White Plague II and SCTLD descriptions. Meandroid …

Temperature stress and disease drives the extirpation of the threatened pillar coral, Dendrogyra cylindrus, in southeast Florida

NP Jones, L Kabay, K Semon Lunz, DS Gilliam - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Rare species population dynamics can elucidate the resilience of an ecosystem. On coral
reefs, climate change and local anthropogenic stressors are threatening stony coral …

Microscale tracking of coral-vibrio interactions

AR Gavish, OH Shapiro… - ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
To improve our understanding of coral infection and disease, it is important to study host-
pathogen interactions at relevant spatio-temporal scales. Here, we provide a dynamic …

Identifying metabolic alterations associated with coral growth anomalies using 1H NMR metabolomics

ER Andersson, RD Day, TM Work, PE Anderson… - Coral Reefs, 2021 - Springer
Coral growth anomalies (GAs) are tumor-like protrusions that are detrimental to coral health,
affecting both the coral skeleton and soft tissues. These lesions are increasingly found …

Spatial Patterns of a Lethal White Syndrome Outbreak in Pseudodiploria strigosa

EO Guzmán-Urieta, E Jordan-Dahlgren - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
We analyzed the spatial distribution patterns of a white syndrome (WS) outbreak affecting
Pseudodiploria strigosa colonies in the northern Mexican Caribbean during 2018–2019 …

[HTML][HTML] Massive predation by Acanthaster planci in El Corralito, gulf of California: a short-term threat

JC Rodríguez-Villalobos, A Ayala-Bocos - Revista de Biología Tropical, 2021 - scielo.sa.cr
Objetivo: Describir el primer evento de depredación sobre corales por Acanthaster planci en
la isla Espíritu Santo, golfo de California, México. Métodos: visitamos el arrecife El Corralito …

Pathology of growth anomalies in massive Caribbean corals of the family Faviidae

LP Rich, C Arnot, MM Dennis - Veterinary Pathology, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Growth anomalies (GAs) are a morphologically diverse and poorly understood group of
lesions affecting corals. The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence and …