"Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) has wreaked havoc on coral reefs across the Caribbean, resulting in significant mortality of various coral species, including Pseudodiploria strigosa, which has been particularly affected in the Mexican Caribbean".

#coralreef #SCTLD #pseudodiploriastrigosa
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/995219

Scientists discover new clues to cause of devastating #coral #disease.

#SCTLD #transcriptomics #symbionts #Symbiodiniaceae

https://phys.org/news/2023-07-scientists-clues-devastating-coral-disease.html

New Coral Disease Appears To Be Spread By Ships' Ballas t Water

#Coral #reefs, the Earth's biologically richest #ecosystems are dying worldwide. They suffer a multitude of threats, the newest of which is stony coral tissue loss disease (#SCTLD). Although SCTLD has so far infected only a tiny proportion of the world's reefs, it's effects there have been devastating.

https://www.iflscience.com/environment/new-coral-disease-appears-to-be-spread-by-ships-ballast-water/

#ClimateCrisis #Biology