Tissue loss (white syndrome) in the coral Montipora capitata is a dynamic disease with multiple host responses and potential causes

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1746, 2012, Pages 4334-4341

  Work, Thierry M ^a,b,c   Russell, Robin ^b   Aeby, Greta S ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Montipora; Pathogenesis; Pathology; Tissue loss; White syndrome

Indexed keywords

CHIMERA; CILIATE; COLONY; CORAL; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FLATWORM; INFECTIVITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARASITISM; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ACROPORIDAE; ANTHOZOA; CILIOPHORA; CYANOBACTERIA; MONTIPORA; MONTIPORA CAPITATA; PROKARYOTA; VERMES;

EID: 84866842077     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1827     Document Type: Article

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