Coral disease outbreak: Pattern, prevalence and transmission in Acropora cervicornis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 301, Issue , 2005, Pages 119-128

  Williams, Dana E ^a,b   Miller, Margaret W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coralliophila abbreviata; Predator; Transmission experiment; Vector; Whiteband disease

Indexed keywords

CORAL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PREDATION;

FLORIDA KEYS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACROPORA CERVICORNIS; ACROPORA PALMATA; ACROPORIDAE; ANTHOZOA; CORALLIOPHILA ABBREVIATA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 27744526585     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps301119     Document Type: Article

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