Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Changing Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Dynamics Through Time in Montastraea cavernosa |
| Authors: |
Greta Aeby, Blake Ushijima, Erich Bartels, Cory Walter, Joseph Kuehl, Scott Jones, Valerie J. Paul |
| Source: |
Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol 8 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: |
Frontiers Media S.A., 2021. |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Science
LCC:General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution |
| Subject Terms: |
Florida reef tract, tissue loss disease, virulence, transmission, lesion morphology, disease pathogenesis, Science, General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution, QH1-199.5 |
| More Details: |
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is affecting corals across the Western Atlantic and displays species-specific and regional differences in prevalence, incidence, degree of mortality, and lesion morphology. We examined two Florida sites with different temporal histories of disease emergence; Fort Lauderdale where SCTLD is endemic and the Lower Florida Keys where SCTLD has recently emerged. Our objectives were to (1) assess the potential impact of SCTLD on overall reef condition by surveying reefs in each region, (2) in a single common species, Montastraea cavernosa, examine differences in SCTLD prevalence, colony mortality, and lesion morphology in each region, and (3) look for differences in contagion by conducting transmission experiments using lesions from each region. Reef surveys found sites in both regions had low coral cover, high algae cover, and similar coral species composition. SCTLD prevalence was higher in the Lower Keys than at Fort Lauderdale and two of the common species, M. cavernosa and S. siderea at Fort Lauderdale were dominated by smaller colonies ( |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2296-7745 |
| Relation: |
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.699075/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2296-7745 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fmars.2021.699075 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/68f7ffa482584a0e99c1164d41536377 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.68f7ffa482584a0e99c1164d41536377 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
