A coral disease outbreak highlights vulnerability of remote high-latitude lagoons to global and local stressors
Summary: Outbreaks of coral disease are often associated with global and local stressors like changes in temperature and poor water quality. A severe coral disease outbreak was recorded in the primary reef-building taxa Montipora spp. in a high-latitude lagoon at Norfolk Island following heat stress...
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| author | Charlotte E. Page William Leggat Suhelen Egan Tracy D. Ainsworth |
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| description | Summary: Outbreaks of coral disease are often associated with global and local stressors like changes in temperature and poor water quality. A severe coral disease outbreak was recorded in the primary reef-building taxa Montipora spp. in a high-latitude lagoon at Norfolk Island following heat stress and pollution events in 2020. Disease signs suggest the occurrence of a Montiporid White Syndrome with four distinct phases and maximum measured tissue loss of 329 mm−2 day−1. In December 2020 and April 2021, 60% of the Montipora community were impacted and disease severity increased by 54% over this period. Spatial patterns in prevalence indicate the disease is associated with exposure to poor water quality in addition to size class of coral colonies. High prevalence levels make this event comparable to some of the most severe coral disease outbreaks recorded to date demonstrating the vulnerability of this system to combined impacts of warming and pollution. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8fecbe571b1d445598fd0def2a6137a02023-03-03T04:25:03ZengElsevieriScience2589-00422023-03-01263106205A coral disease outbreak highlights vulnerability of remote high-latitude lagoons to global and local stressorsCharlotte E. Page0William Leggat1Suhelen Egan2Tracy D. Ainsworth3Centre for Marine Science and Innovation, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES), UNSW, Kensington, NSW 2033, Australia; Corresponding authorSchool of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, University Dr, Callaghan, NSW 2308, AustraliaCentre for Marine Science and Innovation, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES), UNSW, Kensington, NSW 2033, AustraliaCentre for Marine Science and Innovation, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES), UNSW, Kensington, NSW 2033, AustraliaSummary: Outbreaks of coral disease are often associated with global and local stressors like changes in temperature and poor water quality. A severe coral disease outbreak was recorded in the primary reef-building taxa Montipora spp. in a high-latitude lagoon at Norfolk Island following heat stress and pollution events in 2020. Disease signs suggest the occurrence of a Montiporid White Syndrome with four distinct phases and maximum measured tissue loss of 329 mm−2 day−1. In December 2020 and April 2021, 60% of the Montipora community were impacted and disease severity increased by 54% over this period. Spatial patterns in prevalence indicate the disease is associated with exposure to poor water quality in addition to size class of coral colonies. High prevalence levels make this event comparable to some of the most severe coral disease outbreaks recorded to date demonstrating the vulnerability of this system to combined impacts of warming and pollution.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223002821environmental scienceglobal changeaquatic sciencezoology |
| spellingShingle | Charlotte E. Page William Leggat Suhelen Egan Tracy D. Ainsworth A coral disease outbreak highlights vulnerability of remote high-latitude lagoons to global and local stressors iScience environmental science global change aquatic science zoology |
| title | A coral disease outbreak highlights vulnerability of remote high-latitude lagoons to global and local stressors |
| title_full | A coral disease outbreak highlights vulnerability of remote high-latitude lagoons to global and local stressors |
| title_fullStr | A coral disease outbreak highlights vulnerability of remote high-latitude lagoons to global and local stressors |
| title_full_unstemmed | A coral disease outbreak highlights vulnerability of remote high-latitude lagoons to global and local stressors |
| title_short | A coral disease outbreak highlights vulnerability of remote high-latitude lagoons to global and local stressors |
| title_sort | coral disease outbreak highlights vulnerability of remote high latitude lagoons to global and local stressors |
| topic | environmental science global change aquatic science zoology |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223002821 |
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