Coral diseases in aquaria and in nature

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 791-801

  Sweet, Michael ^a   Jones, Rachel ^b   Bythell, John ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Zoological Society of London   (United States)

Author keywords

aquarium; bacteria; ciliates; coral; disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; CORAL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INOCULATION; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; WILD POPULATION;

ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA;

EID: 84860806154     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315411001688     Document Type: Review

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