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Filtering by: Advisor Vega Thurber, Rebecca L. Subject Coral bleaching -- United States Virgin Islands -- Etiology

What is killing the corals? Viral and bacterial interrogations using metagenomics and microscopy

Creator:

Soffer, Nitzan

Abstract:

Corals have multiple roles in maintaining ocean health and are some of the world’s most diverse ecosystems. The coral animal is host to a multitude of taxa, including symbiotic dinoflagellate algae, fungi, bacteria, protists, and viruses. Environmental stressors and disease agents can perturb the delicate balance of the coral host...

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Dissertation

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editing. Rebecca Vega Thurber was the PI on the grant supporting this research, and helped with