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White Band Disease - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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White Band Disease (WBD) is a common tissue loss disease that affects the two Caribbean acroporid species Acropora cervicornis and Acropora palmata ...
Acropora White Syndromes - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Acropora White Syndromes General Diagnostics: Lesions on elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) and staghorn coral (A. cervicornis) characterized by recent ...
Characterized Diseases - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Characterized Diseases White Band Disease White Band Disease (WBD) is a common tissue loss disease that affects the two Caribbean acroporid species ...
Reef-Building Coral Species Differ in Tolerance to Low Oxygen Levels ...
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Acropora cervicornis was more sensitive to low oxygen and suffered tissue loss (in box at base of coral nubbin) and mortality within days of exposure ...
Investigating the Long-term Effects of Chronic Turbidity on Two ESA ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/ksb-coral-health-and-disease-lab-completes-a-3-month-experiment-investigating-the-long-term-effects-of-chronic-turbidity-on-two-esa-listed-coral-species-2/
After a series of successful experiments on the effects of acute exposures to different turbidity treatments on coral species Orbicella faveolata and ...
National Coral Reef Institute Researchers Increase Supply of Staghorn ...
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Staghorn Coral. Staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis, a former dominant reef building species in the Caribbean, provides habitat to thousands of ...
[PDF] Western Atlantic Coral Disease Identification Field Guide
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Acropora white syndromes. Lesions on elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) and staghorn coral (A. cervicornis) characterized by recent tissue loss ...
[PDF] CDHC Workshop Proceedings
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The genus Acropora is the most abundant and speciesārich group of corals in the world. However A. palmata and A. cervicornis are two of only three ...
NCCOS-supported Research Aids Site Selection for Coral Restoration
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An array of candidate restoration sites from nearshore patch reefs to offshore fore reefs were out-planted with hundreds of threatened staghorn coral ...
Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD)
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Stony coral tissue loss disease lesions appear as distinct and rapidly expanding focal, multi-focal, or coalescing areas of denuded (bare) skeleton ...
Characterizing and Monitoring Coral Reef Ecosystems in Puerto Rico and ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/characterizing-and-monitoring-coral-reef-ecosystems-in-puerto-rico-and-the-u-s-virgin-islands/
Staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis, along a transect in St. John USVI, July 2011. Quadrat in photograph is 1m x 1m, divided into 10cm2 squares
Microscopic Anatomy - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Microscopic Anatomy The fundamental structure of a coral polyp is a cylindrical sac lined composed of two layers of epithelia: the surface body wall ...
Coral Assessment and Restoration Results Released for U.S. Caribbean ...
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Undamaged coral species on shallow Caribbean reefs.(a) Thicket of Acropora palmata (elkhorn coral) and (b) patch of Orbicella annularis (lobed star ...
Coral Image Gallery - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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The USGS is conducting research to guide the recovery of the threatened Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata, in Dry Tortugas National Park and throughout ...
Florida Regional Ecosystem Stressors Collaborative Assessment (FRESCA ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/florida-regional-ecosystem-stressors-collaborative-assessment-fresca/
Module 2 will quantify the responses to the five stressors for corals (Acropora cervicornis, Acropora palmata, Montastraea cavernosa, Orbicella ...
Assessing the Threat of Hypoxia to Coral Reefs
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We will identify indicator species and sublethal signs of hypoxic stress in corals by conducting lab tests on how hypoxia and other stressors impact ...
Assessment of Hurricane Impacts to Coral Reefs in Florida and Puerto ...
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In both Florida and Puerto Rico, we found that ESA listed coral species, Acropora cervicornis, and Orbicella annularis were the most severely ...
Coral Polyp Anatomy - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Coral Polyp Anatomy Corals, often mistaken for plants due to their flower-like appearance, are animals that generally exist in the form of colonies ...
Student Scholars Conduct Research with NCCOS Mentors
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Meagan Currie (Swathmore College, Swarthmore, PA): The effects of 4-nonylphenol on the coral Acropora cervicornis. Mentored by Cheryl Woodley and ...
2014 Nancy Foster Mission: Filling Data Gaps
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We deployed a remotely operated vehicle over theRed Hind Spawning Aggregation Area MCD and found a spectacular mixture of fish and coral including, a ...