• Climate Impacts

    • Thermal Stress and Coral Cover as Drivers of Coral Disease Outbreaks

      • John F. Bruno, Elizabeth R. Selig, Kenneth S. Casey, Cathie A. Page, Bette L. Willis, C. Drew Harvell, Hugh Sweatman, Amy M. Melendy,
      • Original article citation: Plos Biol 5," (2007).
      • Categories: Climate Impacts, Ocean Sciences, and Biodiversity & Ecology
      • Recommended by: Olive Heffernan on 06/06/2007 09:19PM GMT
      • Reasons for recommending:
        A nice piece of work by John Bruno of the University of North Carolina, US and colleagues, which we've covered as a highlight on NRCC. They use high-res satellite imagery of ocean temperature with epidemiological inspections of corals to track the spread of white disease along Australia’s Great Barrier Reef over 6 years. It's the first conclusive evidence of a link between the frequency of warm years and the severity of the disease on corals.

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