Ciliates associated with signs of disease on two Caribbean corals

Coral Reefs

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 243-247

  Randall, Carly J ^a   Jordán Garza, Adán G ^a   van Woesik, Robert ^a  

^a Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Brown band disease; Brown jelly syndrome; Ciliate; Coral disease; Protist; White plague

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; CORAL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PROTIST;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA; CILIOPHORA; PROTISTA; SIDERASTREA SIDEREA;

EID: 84923123753     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: 14320975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-014-1212-8     Document Type: Article

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