Field Guide to Western Atlantic Coral Diseases and Other Causes of Coral Mortality

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The guide provides: A field guide to the most common forms of coral disease. It focuses on the Caribbean, the region which is hardest hit by disease outbreaks; Descriptions and photographs of signs of disease. (Photographs can be enlarged by clicking in the first instance and enlarged to their full size by clicking on the symbol that appears in the bottom right hand corner); Identification keys to help you distinguish different diseases from one another and from signs of predation and other causes; Examples and descriptions of other causes of mortality to help differentiate diseases from other causes such as predation that can be mistaken for coral diseases.