First report of coral diseases in the Republic of Maldives

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-165

  Montano, Simone ^a   Strona, Giovanni ^a   Seveso, Davide ^a   Galli, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Black band disease; Coral reefs; Maldivian Archipelago; Porites dark discoloration response; Skeleton eroding band; White syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; COLOR MORPH; CORAL REEF; DISEASE PREVALENCE; PIGMENT; SKELETON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIAN OCEAN; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS;

MALDIVES;

ANTHOZOA; PORITES; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84869164072     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02515     Document Type: Article

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