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Marine Invertebrate Diseases

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A diver underwater uses a hose to apply paste to corallimorphs in a plot marked by a square of white pipes.

Fighting an Invasive Marine Threat to Coral Reefs

USGS scientists are developing and testing new tools to control an invasive species threatening coral reefs at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and across the Hawaiian Islands.
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Biological Threats and Invasive Species Research Program, National Wildlife Health Center
Fighting an Invasive Marine Threat to Coral Reefs

Fighting an Invasive Marine Threat to Coral Reefs

USGS scientists are developing and testing new tools to control an invasive species threatening coral reefs at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and across the Hawaiian Islands.
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Image: Colony of Boulder Brain Coral (Colpophyllia natans)

Research in Response to Florida’s Emerging Stony Coral (scleractinia) Diseases

Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is a rapidly progressive disease threat to corals that results in a bleached appearance due to loss of living tissue.
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Biological Threats and Invasive Species Research Program, National Wildlife Health Center
Research in Response to Florida’s Emerging Stony Coral (scleractinia) Diseases

Research in Response to Florida’s Emerging Stony Coral (scleractinia) Diseases

Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is a rapidly progressive disease threat to corals that results in a bleached appearance due to loss of living tissue.
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Fish swim around a brightly colored coral reef

Marine Invertebrate Diseases

Coral reefs worldwide are under tremendous stress primarily due to human activities along the coasts. While climate change, over fishing, and coastal development have been implicated as a major cause of coral reef decline, diseases seem to play an increasing role.
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Biological Threats and Invasive Species Research Program, National Wildlife Health Center
Marine Invertebrate Diseases

Marine Invertebrate Diseases

Coral reefs worldwide are under tremendous stress primarily due to human activities along the coasts. While climate change, over fishing, and coastal development have been implicated as a major cause of coral reef decline, diseases seem to play an increasing role.
Learn More
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