Gorgonian disease outbreak in the Gulf of Naples: Pathology reveals cyanobacterial infection linked to elevated sea temperatures

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-80

  Carella, F ^a   Aceto, S ^a   Saggiomo, M ^b   Mangoni, O ^a   De Vico, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Banco di Santa Croce; Climate change; Coral inflammation; Eunicella cavalinii; Eunicella singularis; Melanin; Ocean warming; PCR; Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETICS; HEAT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HOT TEMPERATURE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84906809311     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02767     Document Type: Article

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