Crown-of-thorns starfish predation and physical injuries promote brown band disease on corals

Coral Reefs

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 705-716

  Katz, Sefano M ^a,b   Pollock, F Joseph ^a,b   Bourne, David G ^a   Willis, Bette L ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brown band disease; Coral disease; Crown of thorns starfish; Injury; Opportunistic pathogen; Porpostoma guamense

Indexed keywords

ACANTHASTER PLANCI; ACROPORA; ACROPORA HYACINTHUS; ANTHOZOA; ASTEROIDEA; CILIOPHORA; HYACINTHUS; PORPOSTOMA;

EID: 84905820365     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-014-1153-2     Document Type: Article

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