Australian subtropical white syndrome: A transmissible, temperature-dependent coral disease

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 342-350

  Dalton, S J ^a,b   Godwin, S ^a   Smith, S D A ^a,b   Pereg, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elevated temperatures; Infectious disease; Subtropical reefs; Turbinaria mesenterina

Indexed keywords

BROWN ALGA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; WATER COLUMN;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SOLITARY ISLANDS MARINE PARK;

ANTHOZOA; TURBINARIA (CNIDARIA); TURBINARIA MESENTERINA;

EID: 77950247382     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09060     Document Type: Article

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