ORCID
- Hall-Spencer, Jason: 0000-0002-6915-2518
Abstract
Coral diseases are widely reported in the tropics but the first incidence of cold-water coral disease was not noted until 2002 when divers recorded an outbreak at 10-28 m depth off Lundy in a NE Atlantic marine protected area. The seafan Eunicella verrucosa exhibited coenchyme necrosis and subsequent diving surveys of >600 colonies at 13 sites since revealed that disease outbreaks were widespread in SW England to depths of 50 m from 2003-2008, possibly caused by infection by Vibrio bacteria at high temperatures.
Publication Date
2009-01-01
Publication Title
Freiberg Online Geology
Volume
22
First Page
44
Last Page
48
ISSN
1434-7512
Organisational Unit
School of Biological and Marine Sciences
Recommended Citation
Hall-Spencer, J., Munn, C., & Hiscock, K. (2009) 'Scientific divers quantify first known outbreaks of cold-water coral disease', Freiberg Online Geology, 22, pp. 44-48. Retrieved from https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/bms-research/428
