Diseases of Coral

Coral disease is quickly becoming a crisis to the health and management of the world's coral reefs. There is a great interest from many in preserving coral reefs. Unfortunately, the field of epizootiology is disorganized and lacks a standard vocabulary, methods, and diagnostic techniques, and tropical marine scientists are poorly trained in wildlife pathology, veterinary medicine, and epidemiology. Diseases of Coral will help to rectify this situation.

Autorentext

James Porter is Professor of Ecology and Marine Sciences at
the Institute of Ecology at the University of Georgia.

Cheryl Woodley is the Chair of the Coral Disease and
Health Consortium for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.

Inhalt

Contributors, ix

Acknowledgements, xii

Editors' Comment: Recent Changes in Coral Taxonomy, xiii

1 Introduction, 1
James W. Porter

2 Pathology, 4
Cheryl M. Woodley, Russell A. Harley, James H. Nicholson and Taylor L. Reynolds

3 Etiology, 16
Michael Thrusfield

4 Epidemiology, 28
Michael Thrusfield

5 History of Coral Disease Research, 52
Andrew W. Bruckner

6 Anatomy, 85
Esther C. Peters

7 Morphological, Physiological and Cytological Aspects of Reproduction in Scleractinian Corals, 108
Esti KramarskyWinter

8 The Innate Immune System in Cnidarians, 125
Thomas C. G. Bosch and Philip Rosenstiel

9 EndocrineLike Signaling in Corals, 138
Ann M. Tarrant

10 Heterotrophic Nutrition of Tropical, Temperate and DeepSea Corals, 150
Fanny Houlbrèque, Riccardo RodolfoMetalpa and Christine FerrierPagès

11 Nervous System: Morphology and Physiology of Cnidarian Conducting Systems, 164
Gabriele KassSimon and Linda A. Hufnagel

12 Physiology of Skeletogenesis in Scleractinian Coral, 192
Fuad A. AlHorani

13 Vibriosis, 206
Luba Arotsker and Ariel Kushmaro

14 Acroporid Serratiosis, 221
Kathryn Patterson Sutherland, Erin K. Lipp and James W. Porter

15 Aurantimonas coralicidaWhite Plague Type II, 231
Laurie L. Richardson

16 Aspergillosis of Caribbean Sea Fan Corals, Gorgonia spp., 236
Kiho Kim and Krystal Rypien

17 Mechanical Lesions and Corallivory, 242
Andrew W. Bruckner and Robin J. Bruckner

18 Coral Bleaching: The Roles of Sea Temperature and Solar Radiation, 266
Barbara E. Brown and Richard P. Dunne

19 Viruses and Coral Disease, 284
William H. Wilson and Cheryl M. Woodley

20 Skeletal Growth Anomalies in Corals, 291
Thierry M. Work, Longin T. Kaczmarsky and Esther C. Peters

21 White Syndromes of IndoPacific Corals, 300
David G. Bourne, Tracy D. Ainsworth and Bette L. Willis

22 White Syndromes of Western Atlantic ReefBuilding Corals, 316
Andrew W. Bruckner

23 IndoPacific ColoredBand Diseases of Corals, 333
Laurie J. Raymundo and Ernesto Weil

24 CyanobacterialAssociated ColoredBand Diseases of the Atlantic/Caribbean, 345
Laurie L. Richardson, Aaron W. Miller, Patricia L. Blackwelder and Husain AlSayegh

25 DarkSpots Disease, 354
Thierry M. Work and Ernesto Weil

26 Halofolliculina Ciliate Infections on Corals (Skeletal Eroding Disease), 361
Cathie A. Page, Aldo Cróquer, Carolina Bastidas, Sebastian Rodríguez, Stephen J. Neale, Ernesto Weil and Bette L. Willis

27 YellowBand Diseases, 376
Andrew W. Bruckner and Bernhard Riegl

28 Porites Trematodiasis, 387
Greta Smith Aeby

29 PinkLine Syndrome, 391
Jeyaraman Ravindran, C. Raghukumar and B. Manikandan

30 Coral Bleaching as a Generalized Stress Response to Environmental Disturbance, 396
Andrew C. Baker and Ross Cunning

31 Diseases of Octocorals, 410
Kiho Kim

32 The Diseases of DeepWater Corals, 416
Alex David Rogers, Kirsty M. Kemp, Andrew J. Davies and Michelle Lisa Taylor

33 Biocontainment Practices for Coral Disease Research, 442
Duan Pali, Janet V. Warg and Thierry M. Work

34 Closing Pandora's Box: Regulations and Permitting Considerations for Coral Disease Research, 458
David Gulko, Cheryl M. Woodley and Sylvia B. Galloway

35 Coral Regeneration Assay, 472
Elizabeth F. Moses and Pamela Hallock 36 Coral Tissue Cultur...