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Disease is a serious threat to many coral species. The diseases of coral may consist of bacterial, viral, fungal, or parasitic infections. Due to stressors like climate change and pollution, coral can become more vulnerable to diseases. Some examples of coral disease are Vibrio, white syndrome, white band, rapid wasting disease, and many more. [84]
Coral diseases that are distributed throughout an area can have a big impact on other parts of reef communities. Not only do coral diseases impact the overall accretion and surface area of the coral, it also affects coral reproduction, the diversity and prosperity of reef species, topography of structures, and community dynamics. [1]
Deep-water coral Paragorgia arborea and a Coryphaenoides fish at a depth of 1,255 m (4,117 ft) on the Davidson Seamount. The habitat of deep-water corals, also known as cold-water corals, extends to deeper, darker parts of the oceans than tropical corals, ranging from near the surface to the abyss, beyond 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) where water temperatures may be as cold as 4 °C (39 °F).
Atlantic coral species are particularly highly threatened due to annual severe bleaching events, pollution and the impacts of disease. Red List assessments of cold-water corals, which are found in ...
The satellite-based mapping and prediction service calls for a 90% chance of coral bleaching occurring in the Caribbean in the next four months, with the biggest damage near Florida likely in ...
A 2015 bleaching event wiped out half of Hawaii's coral reefs, and most were off of Hawaii Island and Maui's shores. In the worst-case scenario, scientists say coral reefs could be extinct in 30 ...
White plague (coral disease) White pox disease; Y. Yellow-band disease This page was last edited on 22 September 2021, at 19:42 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Example of black band disease progression on a colony of Diploria strigosa. Black band disease is a coral disease in which corals develop a black band. It is characterized by complete tissue degradation due to a pathogenic microbial consortium. [1] The mat is present between apparently healthy coral tissue and freshly exposed coral skeleton.