First record of black band disease in the Hawaiian archipelago: response, outbreak status, virulence, and a method of treatment.

A high number of coral colonies, Montipora spp., with progressive tissue loss were reported from the north shore of Kaua'i by a member of the Eyes of the Reef volunteer reporting network. The disease has a distinct lesion (semi-circular pattern of tissue loss with an adjacent dark band) that wa...

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Main Authors: Greta S Aeby, Thierry M Work, Christina M Runyon, Amanda Shore-Maggio, Blake Ushijima, Patrick Videau, Silvia Beurmann, Sean M Callahan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120853