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Characterized Diseases
White Band Disease
White Band Disease (WBD) is a common tissue loss disease that affects the two Caribbean acroporid species Acropora cervicornis and Acropora palmata throughout their geographic range.
White Plague
White plague (WP) is a common tissue loss disease that affects a broad range of scleractinian coral species.
Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is a highly lethal coral disease that has since spread rapidly throughout the Caribbean.
Black Band Disease
Black band disease is an infectious coral disease that is globally present and affects 19 scleractinian coral species.
White Syndromes
“White Syndromes” are a collection of coral diseases that share the common lesion characteristic of acute tissue loss.
Dark Spot Disease
Dark spot disease is a non-lethal coral disease that is characterized by lesions of purple or brown discoloration.
