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Coral
Disease Identification and Information
Uncharacterized
Diseases
Many coral diseases have not been characterized under peer-reviewed venues. At the present time much confusion and disagreement exists about these diseases within the non-peer reviewed
literature. Contradictory descriptions are found on various disease identification cards and Web sites (for example, the same name of “red band disease” has been given to five very different
observations of cyanobacteria on corals). To ensure high quality presentation of coral disease knowledge, we have chosen a path no less than that of coral disease journals; namely, to focus
only on disease characterizations supported by documented (peer-reviewed) data. An overview of the uncharacterized diseases and syndromes of corals is forthcoming.
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