A standard field protocol for testing relative disease resistance in Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis
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NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Miami, Florida, United States
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Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
- Published
- Accepted
- Subject Areas
- Conservation Biology, Ecology, Marine Biology
- Keywords
- coral disease, restoration, nursery
- Copyright
- © 2016 Miller et al.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ Preprints) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
- Cite this article
- (2016) A standard field protocol for testing relative disease resistance in Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis. PeerJ Preprints 4:e2668v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2668v1
Abstract
Coral disease has been identified as an ongoing threat to the recovery of sustainable coral populations. This document provides a standard field protocol for screening disease resistance traits in the imperiled coral species, Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis, particularly genotypes under nursery culture for population enhancement. It is intended to be implemented by practitioners and researchers in coral restoration and provide standardized information on disease resistance that can aid in the design and success of population enhancement efforts.
Author Comment
This is a preprint submission to PeerJ Preprints.