Chemical cues affecting susceptibility of gorgonian corals to fungal infection

Coral diseases have become more prevalent and destructive over the past 20 years, possibly due to an increase in stressful environmental factors that may weaken corals defenses against disease. Aspergillosis is a disease caused by the fungus Aspergillus sydowii, which apparently infects only two sp...

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Main Author: Hicks, Melissa Kathryn
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2006
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/7558