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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 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 ...
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 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 ...
Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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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 ...
Coastal Marine Mammal Stranding Assessments - NCCOS
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The health of coastal marine mammal populations can tell us a lot about the health of our coastal oceans and potential health risks to humans. Why We ...
Phytoplankton Monitoring Network - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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Phytoplankton Monitoring Network The National Phytoplankton Monitoring Network (PMN) is a community-based network of volunteers monitoring marine ...
Coral Image Gallery - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Coral Reef Image Gallery We welcome image submissions for the Coral Reef Image Gallery. Please send your images to cdhc.coral@noaa.gov with your name ...
NCCOS Hollings Marine Laboratory - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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The Hollings Marine Laboratory is built on an approximately 8-acre site within the Fort Johnsoncampus of the South Carolina Marine Resources Center in ...
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 ...
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 ...
NCCOS Supports Manatee Health and Habitat Assessments in Georgia and ...
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The work is part of an ongoing, multi-institutional effort led by the Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute to assess the health and habitat ...
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 ...
Trophic Transfer and Effects of HAB Toxins in Alaskan Marine Food Webs
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Document health impacts in naturally-exposed marine mammals and fish in relation to toxin concentrations and bloom densities using behavioral ...
Compromised Health - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Compromised Health Compromised Health may result from exposure to heavy sedimentation, significant changes in water quality (temperature, salinity ...
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 ...
NCCOS Awards $14.1M for Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research
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Mote Marine Laboratory is receiving $244,426 to advance new methods for detecting neurotoxic shellfish poison toxins in shellfish. Washington State ...
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 ...
Coral Skeleton - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Coral Skeleton Coral skeleton is comprised of aragonite, a crystal form of calcium carbonate. The skeleton of each individual coral polyp is called ...
Coral Reproduction - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Coral Reproduction Corals, like many sessile organisms that are unable to search for compatible partners, have adapted unique reproductive strategies ...