Diseases leading to accelerated decline of reef corals in the largest South Atlantic reef complex (Abrolhos Bank, eastern Brazil)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1008-1014

  Francini Filho, Ronaldo B ^a,b   Moura, Rodrigo L ^b   Thompson, Fabiano L ^c   Reis, Rodrigo M ^a   Kaufman, Les ^d   Kikuchi, Ruy K P ^a   Leão, Zelinda M A N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Marine Program ^*  (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Infectious diseases; Mussismilia; Prevalence; White plague

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GROWTH KINETICS; MARINE BIOLOGY;

CORAL DISEASES; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; PREVALENCE; WHITE PLAGUE;

DISEASES;

CORAL REEF; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MONITORING; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DISEASE COURSE; GROWTH RATE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSSISMILIA BRAZILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; PREVALENCE;

ABROLHOS BANK; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANTHOZOA; MUSSISMILIA; MUSSISMILIA BRAZILIENSIS;

EID: 43049170465     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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