Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
DAO is a hybrid research journal on all aspects of disease phenomena in aquatic organisms.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/dao01962
copiedNewly characterized distinct phases of the coral disease ‘atramentous necrosis’ on the Great Barrier Reef
ABSTRACT: Previously undetected earlier phases of the coral disease ‘atramentous necrosis’ are documented and described. New observations relating to the occurrence of initial stages and progression of the disease are reported, and potential cause(s) are examined. In direct contrast to earlier published findings, temperature data indicated that occurrence of early bleached stages of atramentous necrosis is not correlated with warmer water temperatures; however, the relationship between temperature and disease prevalence is still unclear.
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S. L. Anthony (Co-author)
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
C. A. Page (Co-author)
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
D. G. Bourne (Co-author)
- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland 4810, Australia
B. L. Willis (Co-author)
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia