Sea urchin Diadema africanum mass mortality in the subtropical eastern Atlantic: Role of waterborne bacteria in a warming ocean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 506, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-14

  Clemente, S ^a   Lorenzo Morales, J ^a   Mendoza, J C ^a   Lopez C ^a   Sangil, C ^a   Alves, F ^b   Kaufmann, M ^b,c,d   Hernandez J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b CIIMAR Madeira Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of Madeira Edifício Madeira Tecnopolo Caminho da Penteada   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Diadematid; Disease; Echinoids; Infection experiments; Madeira; Vibrio; Widespread die off

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; ECHINODERM; EPIDEMIC; GLOBAL WARMING; HETEROGENEITY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MACROALGA; MASS MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CANARY ISLANDS; MADEIRA; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

EID: 84903280131     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10829     Document Type: Article

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