Mass Mortality of Porites Corals on Northern Persian Gulf Reefs due to Sediment-Microbial Interactions
Little information is available on coral diseases in the Persian Gulf; however, in the recent years, reports of coral diseases increased in particular from Iranian side of the Persian Gulf. In this paper we report a White Mat Disease resulting in mass mortality of Porites colonies at Hormuz Island. This outbreak infected 96% of all Porites colonies and killed 58±30% (mean ± SD) of all Porites tissues.
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | article biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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| Subjects: | Biology, Conservation, Ecology, Environment, Mass mortality, Porites sp., white mat disease, coral disease, disease outbreak, zoanthid intraction, coral reef, Hormuz Island, Persian Gulf, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/40393 |
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