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Coral Biology - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Coral Biology The basic living unit of the class Anthozoa (further subdivided into subclass Hexacorallia, which includes stony corals, and subclass ...
White Plague - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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White Plague White plague (WP) is a common tissue loss disease that affects a broad range of scleractinian coral species. White plague is one of the ...
Coral Disease and Health Consortium (CDHC) – Solutions Today for Reefs ...
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The Coral Disease and Health Consortium (CDHC) is a network of scientists and managers supporting conservation, restoration, and management goals to ...
Coral Ecosystem - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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The Coral Disease and Health Consortium is a network of field and laboratory scientists, coral reef managers, and agency representatives devoted to ...
Home - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Welcome to the CDHCThe Coral Health and Disease Consortium is a collective of scientists focused on preserving and protecting coral reef ...
Coral Disease - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Coral Disease – History and General Information History Coral disease was first recognized as a threat to Caribbean reefs in 1972 when Antonius ...
Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal ...
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Mesophotic coral ecosystems consist of light-dependent corals and associated communities found at depths ranging from 30 to 150 meters beneath the ...
Black Band Disease - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Black band disease (BBD) is an infectious coral disease that is globally present and affects 19 scleractinian coral species. Black band disease is ...
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 ...
Ecology, Integrity and Status of Caribbean Mesophotic Coral Reefs
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Mesophotic coral ecosystem off La Parguera, Puerto Rico, at a depth of 45 m (147 ft). Credit: Hector Ruiz. Why We Care With the overall health of ...
Long-distance Reefs May Be Key to Coral Recovery From Bleaching in ...
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The coral’s recovery depends on adaptation capabilities, fishing pressure, overall number of stressors, reef conditions before the event, and degree ...
Coral Disease ID Key - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Coral tissue bordering lesion is brightly coloured, typically: pink or purple in Porites sp.; blue in Acropora sp.; Lesion may be swollen or ...
NCCOS Scientist Receives Prestigious Presidential Award
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Coral reefs provide a natural barrier, absorbing and weakening powerful wave action caused by coastal storms. Coastal areas protected by coral reefs ...
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 ...
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 ...
White Syndromes of the Western Atlantic - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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White Syndromes of the Western Atlantic “White Syndromes” are a collection of coral diseases that share the common lesion characteristic of acute ...
Team Evaluates Moisture Sensors to Study Flood Impacts on Road ...
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Left: Drilling of a hole that can be used to place the instruments (moisture sensors and piezometers). Right: Placement of a piezometer, which is used ...
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 ...
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 ...
Coral Skeleton - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Coral colonies grow by adding new polyps through the process of budding, where a parent polyp is divided into two or more daughter polyps. This ...