Dynamics of seasonal outbreaks of black band disease in an assemblage of Montipora species at Pelorus Island (Great Barrier Reef, Australia)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1668, 2009, Pages 2795-2803

  Sato, Yui ^a,b   Bourne, David G ^b   Willis, Bette L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Black band disease; Coral reef; Disease outbreak; Great Barrier Reef; Seasonal dynamics

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; BARRIER REEF; DISEASE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LESION; MORTALITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRULENCE; WARMING;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLACK BAND DISEASE; CORAL REEF; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EPIDEMIC; INFECTION; LIGHT; MONTIPORA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES; SUMMER; VIRULENCE; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALM ISLAND GROUP; PELORUS ISLAND; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; MONTIPORA;

EID: 67650872941     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0481     Document Type: Article

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