Climate change influences on marine infectious diseases: implications for management and society

CA Burge, C Mark Eakin, CS Friedman… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Infectious diseases are common in marine environments, but the effects of a changing
climate on marine pathogens are not well understood. Here we review current knowledge …

The role of predators in coral disease dynamics

JJ Renzi, EC Shaver, DE Burkepile, BR Silliman - Coral Reefs, 2022 - Springer
Coral disease is becoming increasingly problematic on reefs worldwide. However, most
coral disease research has focused on the abiotic drivers of disease, potentially overlooking …

The transformation of Caribbean coral communities since humans

KL Cramer, MK Donovan, JBC Jackson… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The mass die‐off of Caribbean corals has transformed many of this region's reefs to
macroalgal‐dominated habitats since systematic monitoring began in the 1970s. Although …

Coral reef diseases in the Atlantic-Caribbean

E Weil, CS Rogers - Coral reefs: an ecosystem in transition, 2010 - Springer
Coral reefs are the jewels of the tropical oceans. They boast the highest diversity of all
marine ecosystems, aid in the development and protection of other important, productive …

Coral Disease: Direct and Indirect Agents, Mechanisms of Disease, and Innovations for Increasing Resistance and Resilience

RL Vega Thurber, D Silva, L Speare… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
As climate change drives health declines of tropical reef species, diseases are further
eroding ecosystem function and habitat resilience. Coral disease impacts many areas …

Changes in Caribbean coral disease prevalence after the 2005 bleaching event

A Cróquer, E Weil - Diseases of aquatic organisms, 2009 - int-res.com
Bleaching events and disease epizootics have increased during the past decades,
suggesting a positive link between these 2 causes in producing coral mortality. However …

Quantifying impacts of stony coral tissue loss disease on corals in Southeast Florida through surveys and 3D photogrammetry

IR Combs, MS Studivan, RJ Eckert, JD Voss - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Since 2014, stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has contributed to substantial declines
of reef-building corals in Florida. The emergence of this disease, which impacts over 20 …

Spread of the new coral disease “SCTLD” into the Caribbean: implications for Puerto Rico

E Weil, EA Hernández-Delgado - Coral reef newsletter, 2021 - par.nsf.gov
Spread of the new coral disease “SCTLD” into the Caribbean: implications for Puerto Rico
Page 1 REEF ENCOUNTER The News Magazine of the International Coral Reef Society Reef …

RNA-Seq of the Caribbean reef-building coral Orbicella faveolata (Scleractinia-Merulinidae) under bleaching and disease stress expands models of coral innate …

DA Anderson, ME Walz, E Weil, P Tonellato, MC Smith - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
Climate change-driven coral disease outbreaks have led to widespread declines in coral
populations. Early work on coral genomics established that corals have a complex innate …

The role of vibrios in diseases of corals

CB Munn - Microbiology spectrum, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
The tissue, skeleton, and secreted mucus of corals supports a highly dynamic and diverse
community of microbes, which play a major role in the health status of corals such as the …