Geographic range and research plan for monitoring white band disease
Davis M, Gladfelter EH, Lund H, Anderson M. 1985. Geographic range and research plan for monitoring white band disease. Biosphere Reserve Research Report No. 6. National Park Service and Virgin Islands Resource Management Cooperative. St. Croix, Virgin Islands
Species of Acropora are dominant reef framework builders in the Caribbean. White Band Disease (WBD) of these corals has resulted in widespread mortality in a number of Caribbean localities in the past few years. This report presents the results of two surveys of the geographic range of WBD: (1) quantitative estimates of disease related mortality in the proposed or existing park sites in the BVI and USVI (cf. Report No. 4) and (2) qualitative accounts of the extent of the disease in localities throughout the greater Caribbean. A research plan for monitoring the ecosystem level and organism level changes due to the WBD is presented. The initial implementation of this plan. including the establishment and monitoring of a phototransect is described.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Davis, Mike; Gladfelter, Elizabeth; Lund, Holly; Anderson, Miles
- Date of Issue
- 1985
- Publisher
- National Park Service and Virgin Islands Resource Management Cooperative
- Units
- BUIS
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, British Virgin Islands, Buck Island Reef National Monument St. Croix US Virgin Islands, Coral, Distribution, Mortality, white band disease (WBD)