The rise and fall of a six-year coral-fungal epizootic

American Naturalist

Volumn 164, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Kim, Kiho ^a   Harvell, C Drew ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Coral reefs; Disease impact; Gorgonians; Marine epidemic; Sea fan corals

Indexed keywords

CORAL; CORAL REEF; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EPIDEMIC; FUNGUS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ASPERGILLUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ASPERGILLUS; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; GEOGRAPHY; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA; GORGONIA VENTALINA;

EID: 8744255617     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/424609     Document Type: Conference Paper

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