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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 Plague - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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White plague (WP) is a common tissue loss disease that affects a broad range of scleractinian coral species. White plague is one of the most ...
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 ...
Coral Health and Disease in the Pacific: Vision for Action
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reduced fitness, disease outbreaks, and increased mortality. These predictions indicate that the current list of approximately 30-40 fatal diseases ...
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 ...
[PDF] Coral Disease and Health: A National Research Plan
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disease is critically needed to disentangle the multi-factorial nature of coral disease dynamics. The logistics of this approach demands a centralized ...
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 ...
Exploratory Treatments for Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease: Pillar ...
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By 2020, the species had further catastrophic population declines of an estimated 70 % along the Florida Reef Tract from back-to-back bleaching ...
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 ...
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 ...
Dark Spot Disease - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Dark spot disease (DSD) is a non-lethal coral disease that is characterized by lesions of purple or brown discoloration. Dark spot disease is known to ...
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 ...
Pigmented Band Diseases - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Pigmented Band Diseases Black Band Disease (BBD) Black Band Disease, BBD (A-I) Black or dark reddish-brown band or mat of filamentous organisms (A) ...
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 ...
Discolored Tissue - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Dark spots disease, DSD (J-P) Round to irregular, focal to multifocal, dark spots, purple to brown in color, 1-45 cm or more in diameter. Dark spots ...
Field Diagnosis - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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The Three Levels of Disease Diagnosis: Level I Describe the Gross Signs of Disease Through a detailed field assessment, and with the help of tools ...
Discolored Tissue and Bleaching - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Discolored Tissue And Bleaching Field Diagnosis: Bleaching Similar conditions: Bleaching can be misidentified as: Yellow band disease (YBD) lesions ...
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 ...
Disease-Related Terms - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Disease – any deviation from, or interruption of, the normal structure or function of any body part, organ, or system that is manifested by a ...
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 ...