Diseases of tropical reef organisms is an intensive area of study, but despite significant
advances in methodology and the global knowledge base, identifying the proximate causes …

Over the last decade, significant advances have been made in characterization of the coral
microbiota. Shifts in its composition often correlate with the appearance of signs of diseases …

Climate change is negatively affecting the stability of natural ecosystems, especially coral
reefs. The dissociation of the symbiosis between reef-building corals and their algal …

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). In late January of 2019, a …

Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) was initially documented in Florida in 2014 and
outbreaks with similar characteristics have since appeared in disparate areas throughout the …

Reef-building corals form bio-diverse marine ecosystems of high societal and economic
value, but are in significant decline globally due, in part, to rapid climatic changes. As …

Coral reefs are threatened by climate change, because it causes increasingly frequent and
severe summer heatwaves, resulting in mass coral bleaching and mortality. Coral bleaching …

Disease epizootics are increasing with climatic shifts, yet within each system only a subset of
species are identified as the most vulnerable. Understanding ecological immunology …

Global climate change has increased the number and severity of stressors affecting species,
yet not all species respond equally to these stressors. Organisms may employ cellular …

Global change and its associated temperature increase has directly or indirectly changed
the distributions of hosts and pathogens, and has affected host immunity, pathogen …