The impact of rising temperatures on the prevalence of coral diseases and its predictability: A global meta‐analysis

S Burke, P Pottier, M Lagisz, EL Macartney… - Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coral reefs are under threat from disease as climate change alters environmental
conditions. Rising temperatures exacerbate coral disease, but this relationship is likely …

The coral microbiome in sickness, in health and in a changing world

CR Voolstra, JB Raina, M Dörr, A Cárdenas… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Stony corals, the engines and engineers of reef ecosystems, face unprecedented threats
from anthropogenic environmental change. Corals are holobionts that comprise the …

Stony coral tissue loss disease induces transcriptional signatures of in situ degradation of dysfunctional Symbiodiniaceae

KM Beavers, EW Van Buren, AM Rossin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD), one of the most pervasive and virulent coral
diseases on record, affects over 22 species of reef-building coral and is decimating reefs …

Microbial bioindicators of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease identified in corals and overlying waters using a rapid field‐based sequencing approach

CC Becker, M Brandt, CA Miller… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) is a devastating disease. Since 2014, it
has spread along the entire Florida Reef Tract and into the greater Caribbean. It was first …

Variable species responses to experimental stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) exposure

SS Meiling, EM Muller, D Lasseigne… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
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 …

The transformation of Caribbean coral communities since humans

KL Cramer, MK Donovan, JBC Jackson… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The mass die‐off of Caribbean corals has transformed many of this region's reefs to
macroalgal‐dominated habitats since systematic monitoring began in the 1970s. Although …

The indirect effects of ocean acidification on corals and coral communities

TS Hill, MO Hoogenboom - Coral Reefs, 2022 - Springer
Ocean acidification (OA) is a major threat to marine calcifying organisms. This manuscript
gives an overview of the physiological effects of acidification on reef-building corals from a …

Assigning cause for emerging diseases of aquatic organisms

KS Hutson, IC Davidson, J Bennett, R Poulin… - Trends in …, 2023 - cell.com
Resolving the cause of disease (= aetiology) in aquatic organisms is a challenging but
essential goal, heightened by increasing disease prevalence in a changing climate and an …

Microbial dysbiosis reflects disease resistance in diverse coral species

NJ MacKnight, K Cobleigh, D Lasseigne… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Disease outbreaks have caused significant declines of keystone coral species. While
forecasting disease outbreaks based on environmental factors has progressed, we still lack …

Reef sediments can act as a stony coral tissue loss disease vector

MS Studivan, AM Rossin, E Rubin… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) was first observed in 2014 near Virginia Key in
Miami-Dade County, Florida. Field sampling, lab experiments, and modeling approaches …