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Disturbance Driven Colony Fragmentation as a Driver of a Coral Disease Outbreak

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Brandt, Marilyn E., Smith, Tyler B., Correa, Adrienne M. S., and Vega-Thurber, Rebecca

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In September of 2010, Brewer's Bay reef, located in St. Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands), was simultaneously affected by abnormally high temperatures and the passage of a hurricane that resulted in the mass bleaching and fragmentation of its coral community. An outbreak of a rapid tissue loss disease among coral colonies...

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Driver of a Coral Disease Outbreak Marilyn E. Brandt1*, Tyler B. Smith1, Adrienne M. S. Correa2,3,4
Macroalgae Decrease Growth and Alter Microbial Community Structure of the Reef-Building Coral, Porites astreoides

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Thurber, Rebecca Vega, Burkepile, Deron E., Correa, Adrienne M. S., Thurber, Andrew R., Shantz, Andrew A., Welsh, Rory, Pritchard, Catharine, and Rosales, Stephanie

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With the continued and unprecedented decline of coral reefs worldwide, evaluating the factors that contribute to coral demise is of critical importance. As coral cover declines, macroalgae are becoming more common on tropical reefs. Interactions between these macroalgae and corals may alter the coral microbiome, which is thought to play...

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Microbial Community Structure of the Reef-Building Coral, Porites astreoides Rebecca Vega Thurber1,2*, Deron