Description
Investigations into the nature of coral diseases are relatively recent, with the first descriptive reports appearing in the 1970s of coral tissue degradation occurring on stony, reef-building corals (scleractinians). Two disease patterns were recognized in these initial studies, which were characterized by either a sharply demarcated interface between healthy and unhealthy coral tissue or a distinctive band (mm to cm wide). Each moved across coral colonies while completely destroying coral. Coral disease is quickly becoming a crisis to the health and management of the world’s coral reefs. There is a great interest from many in preserving coral reefs. The emergence of coral diseases was broadcast in the popular literature on coral-reef web-sites and on coral-reef related Internet servers. Unfortunately, the field of epizootiology is disorganized and lacks a standard vocabulary, methods, and diagnostic techniques, and tropical marine scientists are poorly trained in wildlife pathology, veterinary medicine, and epidemiology. Diseases of Coral will help to rectify this situation. 592 p.
- .Cheryl M. Woodley, Editor. Chair of the Coral Disease and Health Consortium for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, DC (USA).
- Craig A. Downs, Editor.
- Andrew W. Beuckner, Editor. Et al…
- Publication date (digital version): 2015-09.
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