Four-Year Field Survey of Black Band Disease and Skeletal Growth Anomalies in Encrusting <i>Montipora</i> spp. Corals around Sesoko Island, Okinawa

Four-Year Field Survey of Black Band Disease and Skeletal Growth Anomalies in Encrusting <i>Montipora</i> spp. Corals around Sesoko Island, Okinawa

The Indo-Pacific zooxanthellate scleractinian coral genus <i>Montipora</i> is the host of many coral diseases. Among these are cyanobacterial Black Band Disease (BBD) and Skeletal Growth Anomalies (GAs), but in general data on both diseases are lacking from many regions of the Indo-Pacif...

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Main Authors: Rocktim Ramen Das, Haruka Wada, Giovanni Diego Masucci, Tanya Singh, Parviz Tavakoli-Kolour, Naohisa Wada, Sen-Lin Tang, Hideyuki Yamashiro, James Davis Reimer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-01-01
Series:Diversity
Subjects:
long-term
coral disease
Japan
Indo-Pacific
field study
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/14/1/32

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