Coral Diseases in the Indo‐Pacific: A First Record

Antonius, Arnfried

doi:10.1111/j.1439-0485.1985.tb00322.x

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“…Light has been suggested as a factor controlling BBD progression (Kuta & Richardson 2002, Boyett et al 2007), and on hemispherical or conical species, such as D. strigosa, BBD usually appears on flat, sunlight-exposed surfaces (Antonius 1976). This observation is consistent with multiple reports of higher BBD prevalence in shallow as opposed to deep water (Rützler & Santavy 1983, Taylor 1983, Antonius 1985. Thus, the low BBD prevalence on the main terrace could be the result of the light requirement of the photoautotrophic cyano bacteria of the BBD consortium (Kuta & Richardson 2002, Richardson & Kuta 2003.…”

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“…Taylor (1983) reported an association between BBD prevalence and sewage pollution or poor water quality, but the study does not show any data, and reference is made to other still unpublished work by the same author suggesting the association. Antonius (1985) purports to show a link between disease frequency and sewage pollution, but again, the evidence is based upon a perceptible increase in BBD frequency near a sewage outfall; no data are shown. Kaczmarsky et al (2005) recorded a significantly higher prevalence of BBD and White Plague type II in corals at a single location compared to a single control site 2.5 km away.…”

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Spatial and temporal patterns of coral black band disease in relation to a major sewage outfall

Jones¹,

Johnson²,

Noyes³

et al. 2012

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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Spatial and temporal patterns of coral black band disease (BBD) prevalence were examined during the summers of 2004 to 2008 at 10 reef sites located along a sewage gradient on either side of a major marine outfall on Bermuda's south shore. The gradient was identified by current meter and drogue deployments and confirmed by a water quality monitoring using fecal indicator bacteria (gastrointestinal enterococci) as a sewage marker. BBD prevalence was also examined at 22 locations across the Bermuda platform in different physiographic reef zones, identified by reef survey techniques and analysis of community composition. BBD prevalence was generally low and was recorded in Diploria strigosa > Montastraea franksi > M. cavernosa = D. labyrinthiformis > Porites astreoides and the hydrocoral Millepora alcicornis. Most occurrences were in D. strigosa, and BBD prevalence was highest on the outer rim reef (range: 0.3 to 1.9%), followed by the outer lagoonal patch reefs (range: 0.05 to 0.8%) and the deeper terrace reefs (range: 0.1 to 0.2%). BBD prevalence levels decreased over the study period, and BBD was only rarely observed in D. labyrinthiformis, which appears to be immune to infection in Bermuda. The BBD prevalence in D. strigosa was lower on reefs regularly exposed to sewage than on the near pristine outer rim reef sites, which experience the exceptional water quality characteristics of the oligotrophic North Atlantic gyre. KEY WORDS: Coral · Black band disease · Sewage · Bermuda Resale or republication not permitted without written consent of the publisherMar Ecol Prog Ser 462: 79-92, 2012 80 most widespread diseases in the Carib bean and adjacent waters (Antonius 1981, Weil 2004, primarily infecting massive framework building scleractinian corals, including Diploria spp., Montastraea spp., Colpophyllia natans and Siderastrea siderea (Antonius 1981, Edmunds 1991, Sutherland et al. 2004). The disease is now recognized as having a global distribution (Sutherland et al. 2004).A number of field studies have suggested a link between sewage pollution and BBD outbreaks. Taylor (1983) reported an association between BBD prevalence and sewage pollution or poor water quality, but the study does not show any data, and reference is made to other still unpublished work by the same author suggesting the association. Antonius (1985) purports to show a link between disease frequency and sewage pollution, but again, the evidence is based upon a perceptible increase in BBD frequency near a sewage outfall; no data are shown. Kaczmarsky et al. (2005) recorded a significantly higher prevalence of BBD and White Plague type II in corals at a single location compared to a single control site 2.5 km away. The site where the disease prevalence was higher was occasionally exposed to un-treated sewage (during emergency sewage bypass events). Kuta & Richardson (2002) found a positive relationship between elevated nitrite and BBD prevalence in Florida but did not find an overall positive correlation with the more readily assimilab...

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Section: Spatial Patterns Of Bbd Prevalencesupporting

confidence: 89%

Section: Resale or Republication Not Permitted Without Written Consenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Spatial and temporal patterns of coral black band disease in relation to a major sewage outfall

Jones¹,

Johnson²,

Noyes³

et al. 2012

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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“…This observation lcd us to the question whether the two phenomena were correlated. Intensive Drupelln predation (without associated diseases), that caused the destruction of wide reef areas, has been reported by others from the northern and central Red Sea (Schuhmacher 1992;Schuhmacher et al 1995), from Japan and the Philippines (Moyer et al 1982), as wcll as Crom Western Australia (Turncr 1992(Turncr , 1994 (Antonius 1977(Antonius , 1981, as well as Indo-Pacific locaiions (Antonius 1984(Antonius , 1988.…”

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A possible link between coral diseases and a corallivorous snail (Drupella cornus) outbreak in the Red Sea

Antonius¹,

Riegl²

1997

Atoll Research Bulletin

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In April-May and in Scpte~iiber 1996, a total of 25 rcefs were studied between Taba and Ras Mohammed in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. In only four of these rcefs Drcpella corizus showed up in the transects in low nurnbers and coral diseases were found at a motlerate level on most reefs. Only the reefs of Ras ulnm Sidd, near Sharm el Sheikh, exhibited D l a p l l a C O~I Z L I .~ as well as c o d diseases both at abundant or even epidemic levels. There definitely s e e m to be a correlation between abundance of snail and diseases, but the question of "what comes first" remains to be investigated : does massive coral die-off (mostly White Syndromes) attract or benefit Dr~yelln cor?zi~s and thus promote a population cxpiosion, or does a massive D. comus invasion promote an epidcmic of White Syndromes on corals ?

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“…Black-band disease affects certain species of reefbuilding corals in the Caribbean, Florida Keys and Indo-Pacific regions , Antonius 1985, Edmunds 1991, Kuta & Richardson 1996. The 'black-band' is composed of a complex microbial community dominated by the filamentous cyanobacterium Phormidium corallyticum .…”

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Factors affecting susceptibility of the coral Montastraea faveolata to black-band disease

Aeby¹,

Santavy²

2006

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

123

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Black-band disease affects many species of tropical reef-building corals, but it is unclear what factors contribute to the disease-susceptibility of individual corals or how the disease is transmitted between colonies. Studies have suggested that the ability of black-band disease to infect coral is enhanced by different stressors. We examined the effect of both water temperature and mechanical injury on the ability of this disease to infect the reef coral Montastraea faveolata, and investigated the possibility of an interaction between the 2 stressors. Under laboratory conditions, Phormidium corallyticum was able to successfully invade all injured fragments but no uninjured fragments of M. faveolata, irrespective of temperature regime. We also determined whether the local coral-feeding butterflyfish Chaetodon capistratus was involved in the inter-colony transfer of black-band disease. In aquaria, the presence of C. capistratus increased the rate at which the disease spread from infected to non-infected fragments of M. faveolata. Both corals that were protected from and those that were exposed to fish predation contracted the disease. Hence, either direct oral transmission of the pathogen from colony to colony and/or indirect fecal transmission could be occurring. Variables such as potential stressors and/or disease vectors on a reef could contribute to the patterns of blackband disease observed in the field.

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Coral Diseases in the Indo‐Pacific: A First Record

Cited by 99 publications

References 23 publications

Spatial and temporal patterns of coral black band disease in relation to a major sewage outfall

Spatial and temporal patterns of coral black band disease in relation to a major sewage outfall

A possible link between coral diseases and a corallivorous snail (Drupella cornus) outbreak in the Red Sea

Factors affecting susceptibility of the coral Montastraea faveolata to black-band disease

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