Epidemiology of skeletal eroding band on the Great Barrier Reef and the role of injury in the initiation of this widespread coral disease

Coral Reefs

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 257-272

  Page, C A ^a   Willis, B L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral disease; Epizoism; Great Barrier Reef; Halofolliculina corallasia; Injury; Skeletal eroding band (SEB)

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CILIATE; CORAL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INJURY; INVASIVE SPECIES; REEF; VIRULENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ACROPORA MURICATA; ACROPORIDAE; ANTHOZOA; CILIOPHORA; HALOFOLLICULINA CORALLASIA; MILLEPORA; POCILLOPORIDAE; SCLERACTINIA; STYLASTERIDAE;

EID: 42649094151     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-007-0317-8     Document Type: Article

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