Ecological and molecular characterization of a coral black band disease outbreak in the Red Sea during a bleaching event

Black Band Disease (BBD) is a widely distributed and destructive coral disease that has been studied on a global scale, but baseline data on coral diseases is missing from many areas of the Arabian Seas. Here we report on the broad distribution and prevalence of BBD in the Red Sea in addition to doc...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ghaida Hadaidi, Maren Ziegler, Amanda Shore-Maggio, Thor Jensen, Greta Aeby, Christian R. Voolstra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-07-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/5169.pdf