Biological and molecular characterisation of growth anomalies affecting Isopora palifera at the Cocos Keeling Islands
Growth anomalies are a type of coral disease affecting Isopora palifera at the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Traditional diagnostic techniques determined this disease impairs skeletal growth processes and reproductive functioning. DNA metabarcoding showed bacterial associations were broadly similar betwe...
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| description | Growth anomalies are a type of coral disease affecting Isopora palifera at the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Traditional diagnostic techniques determined this disease impairs skeletal growth processes and reproductive functioning. DNA metabarcoding showed bacterial associations were broadly similar between affected and healthy hosts, and the outbreak does not appear to be a result of local pollution. The results highlight the complexity of coral disease dynamics and have implications for the future of this isolated reef system. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-848022021-07-27T05:45:35Z Biological and molecular characterisation of growth anomalies affecting Isopora palifera at the Cocos Keeling Islands Preston, Sophie Ogilvie Growth anomalies are a type of coral disease affecting Isopora palifera at the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Traditional diagnostic techniques determined this disease impairs skeletal growth processes and reproductive functioning. DNA metabarcoding showed bacterial associations were broadly similar between affected and healthy hosts, and the outbreak does not appear to be a result of local pollution. The results highlight the complexity of coral disease dynamics and have implications for the future of this isolated reef system. 2021 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/84802 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Preston, Sophie Ogilvie Biological and molecular characterisation of growth anomalies affecting Isopora palifera at the Cocos Keeling Islands |
| title | Biological and molecular characterisation of growth
anomalies
affecting Isopora palifera at the Cocos Keeling Islands |
| title_full | Biological and molecular characterisation of growth
anomalies
affecting Isopora palifera at the Cocos Keeling Islands |
| title_fullStr | Biological and molecular characterisation of growth
anomalies
affecting Isopora palifera at the Cocos Keeling Islands |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biological and molecular characterisation of growth
anomalies
affecting Isopora palifera at the Cocos Keeling Islands |
| title_short | Biological and molecular characterisation of growth
anomalies
affecting Isopora palifera at the Cocos Keeling Islands |
| title_sort | biological and molecular characterisation of growth
anomalies
affecting isopora palifera at the cocos keeling islands |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/84802 |