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Coral Microbial Ecology: References

Coral Microbial Ecology
USGS Coral Microbial-Ecology Studies:
Global Climate Change - Microbial Communities as a Diagnostic Tool?
Discovering Archaea Associated with Corals
Microbial Ecology of Deep-Sea Corals
Microbial Wars: Mucus-Associated Bacteria Fend Off Coral Pathogens
Conclusion
References
  • Frias-Lopez, J., A.L. Zerkle, G.T. Bonheyo, and B.W. Fouke, 2002, Partitioning of bacterial communities between seawater and healthy, black band diseased, and dead coral surfaces. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, v. 68, p. 2214-2228.

  • Kellogg, C.A., 2004, Tropical Archaea: diversity associated with the surface microlayer of corals. Marine Ecology Progress Series, v. 273, p. 81-88.

  • Pantos, O., R.P. Cooney, M.D.A. Le Tissier, M.R. Barer, A.G. O'Donnell, and J.C. Bythell, 2003, The bacterial ecology of a plague-like disease affecting the Caribbean coral Montastrea annularis. Environmental Microbiology, v. 5, p. 370-382.

  • Patterson, K., J. Porter, K. Ritchie, S. Polson, E. Mueller, E. Peters, D. Santavy, and G. Smith, 2002, The etiology of white pox, a lethal disease of the Caribbean elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, v. 99, p. 8725-8730.

  • Richardson, L. L., 1998, Coral diseases: what is really known? Trends in Ecology and Evolution, v. 13, p. 438-443.

  • Rohwer, F., V. Seguritan, F. Azam, and N. Knowlton, 2002, Diversity and distribution of coral-associated bacteria. Marine Ecology Progress Series, v. 243, p. 1-10.

  • Rosenberg, E. and Y. Loya, 2004, Coral Health and Disease. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 488 p.

  • Wild, C., M. Huettel, A. Klueter, S.G. Kremb, M.Y.M. Rasheed, and B.B. Jørgensen, 2004, Coral mucus functions as an energy carrier and particle trap in the reef ecosystem. Nature, v. 428, p. 66-70.

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