Possible causal agent of white band disease in Caribbean acroporid corals
Peters EC, Oprandy JJ, Yevich PP. 1983. Possible causal agent of white band disease in Caribbean acroporid corals. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 41:394-396
Analysis of coral tissues for bacteria that might be causing white band disease. Took specimens from Tague Bay, St. Croix (across the water from Buck Island). Coral studied were Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Peters, Esther; Oprandy, John; Yevich, Paul
- Units
- BUIS
- Keywords
- Acropora cervicornis, Acropora palmata, Animal Studies, Bacteria, Elkhorn coral, Staghorn coral, WBD, White band disease