The roles of temperature and light in black band disease (BBD) progression on corals of the genus Diploria in Bermuda

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 366-370

  Kuehl, Kristin ^a   Jones, Ross ^b,d   Gibbs, David ^c   Richardson, Laurie ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bermuda; Black band disease (BBD); Diploria; Irradiance; Resistance; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BERMUDA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIGHT; MICROBIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BERMUDA; LIGHT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

ANTHOZOA; DIPLORIA; DIPLORIA LABYRINTHIFORMIS; DIPLORIA STRIGOSA;

EID: 79751525566     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2010.12.012     Document Type: Article

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