Stony corals (Scleractinia) are in the Phylum Cnidaria (cnidae referring to various types of
stinging cells). They may be solitary or colonial, but all secrete an external, supporting …

Rapidly changing climate regimes combined with other anthropogenic pressures are
implicated in increased disease epizootics among reef building corals, resulting in changing …

Background Corals are capable of launching diverse immune defenses at the site of direct
contact with pathogens, but the molecular mechanisms of this activity and the colony-wide …

Climate change is negatively affecting the stability of natural ecosystems, especially coral
reefs. The dissociation of the symbiosis between reef-building corals and their algal …

Background White Syndrome (WS), a general term for scleractinian coral diseases with
acute signs of advancing tissue lesions often resulting in total colony mortality, has been …

There has been an exponential increase in coral mucus research over the last 5years,
attracting attention from coral biologists and reef ecologists. The most active area has been …

Disease is emerging as an important impact of global climate change, due to the effects of
environmental change on host organisms and their pathogens. Climate‐mediated disease …

Infectious diseases are an increasing threat to coral reefs, resulting in altered community
structure and hindering the functional contributions of disease-susceptible species. We …

Coral diseases are among the most serious threats to coral reefs worldwide, yet most coral
diseases remain poorly understood. How the coral host responds to pathogen infection is an …

All coral reef organisms are susceptible to diseases, as are terrestrial organisms, but
studying these diseases can be more difficult and much remains to be learned. Although …