Diseases of Coral

by Woodley, Cheryl M.; Downs, Craig A.; Bruckner, Andrew W.; Porter, James W.; Galloway, Sylvia B.

• ISBN13: 9780813824116
• ISBN10: 0813824117
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2016-01-26
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

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. 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.

Author Biography

James Porter is Professor of Ecology and Marine Sciences at the Institute of Ecology at the University of Georgia.

Cheryl Woodley is the Chair of the Coral Disease and Health Consortium for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Table of Contents

Section I

The Concept of Immunity and Resistance in the Lower Invertebrates

The Concept of Partial Mortality in Colonial Animals Treatment and Mitigation of Coral Disease: Practical and Ethical Questions

Spatial and Temporal Aspects of Coral Disease

The Relationship Between Global Climate Change and Coral Disease

The Seasonality of Coral Disease Outbreaks

Distribution of Coral Disease in the New and Old World Tropics

The Relationship Between Coral Disease and the Decline of Coral Reefs Quantifying the Impact of Coral Disease on Reef Coral Populations

Field Monitoring and Standard Methods for Recording

Coral Disease Terminology: Creating a Vocabulary to Describe

Coral Disease Distinguishing

Coral Predation from

Coral Disease

Coral Regeneration and Coral Reef Restoration Following Disease

Outbreaks Protocols for Measuring Coral Disease Prevalence, Severity, and Lethality

Skeletal Anomalies

Coral Tumors Coral Hyperplasia Ridge Mortality: A Synergistic Relationship Between Fungal Infection and Coral Predation?

Cyanobacterial Disease Black Band Disease Red Band Disease Pink Line Syndrome

Bacterial Disease White Plague White Band Type II White Pox-serratiosis Yellow Blotch

Fungal Disease Aspergillosis Disease Fungal-protozoan Syndrome

Protozoan Disease Skeletal Eroding Band

Viral Diseases Virus-like Particle Syndrome

Zooxanthellae Disease Coral Bleaching Vibrio shiloi-induced bleaching Vibrio coralliilyticus-induced bleaching Yellow Band

Diseases of Unknown Etiology Dark Spots Disease White Plague Type I White Plague Type III White Pox-non-serratiosis White Band Type I Shut-Down Reaction

Emerging Diseases Unnamed Diseases

Abiotic Diseases Salinity Stress Sediment Stress Oil Spills

Ecotoxicology of Coral Disease Coral Toxicology Toxic Chemicals Explosive Compounds

Other Non-Infectious Diseases Trauma

Advanced Diagnostic Techniques

Coral Culture Under Field Conditions

Coral Culture Under Laboratory Conditions

The Relevance of Koch's Postulates for Coral Disease

Investigations Bio-Security and Decontamination of Dive GearTreatment, Mitigation, and Quarantine of Coral Disease

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