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Coral Health and Threats in the Pacific Islands

Similar to coral reefs around the world, corals in the Pacific Islands are especially vulnerable to changing climate, diseases, and human impacts.

Lobster Shell Disease

Shell disease is an epizootic, or temporarily prevalent and widespread, disease found on lobsters.
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Human Dimensions Considerations in Wildlife Disease Management

USGS Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases: Chapter 8 of Section C, Techniques in Disease Surveillance and Investigation Book 15

The Human Dimensions of Wildlife Disease

New resource discusses how managers can apply social science to better respond to and communicate about wildlife disease to the public.
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Elkhorn Coral

Elkhorn coral is one of the most important corals in the Caribbean. It, along with staghorn coral and star corals (boulder, lobed, and mountainous), built Caribbean coral reefs over the last 5,000 years. Learn more about this invertebrate species.
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Staghorn Coral

Staghorn coral is one of the most important corals in the Caribbean. It, along with elkhorn coral and star corals (boulder, lobed, and mountainous) built Caribbean coral reefs over the last 5,000 years. Learn more about staghorn coral.
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Kyra Lenderman

Kyra Lenderman, Shellfish Health and Disease Technician, Northeast Fisheries Science Center

Pillar Coral

Pillar coral is a hard coral found in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. It often resembles fingers or a cluster of cigars, growing up from the sea floor. Learn more about the pillar coral.
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Alaska Shellfish Disease Research

Researchers have been studying Bitter Crab Syndrome, a potentially fatal disease, that can affect southern Tanner crab and snow crab in the eastern Bering Sea, Alaska.
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Lobed Star Coral

The lobed star coral is a species of coral that lives in the western Atlantic Ocean. It is the most thoroughly studied and most abundant species of reef-building coral in the Caribbean to date. Learn more about the lobed star coral.
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Image: $500,000 Available for Coral Restoration Projects in Honor of Coral Researcher Dr. Ruth Gates

Boulder Star Coral

Boulder star is a coral species native to shallow waters in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, the Bahamas, Bermuda and Florida. Colonies of boulder star coral usually form massive clumps with uneven surfaces and sometimes they form plates.
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Image: $1 Million Available for Coral Restoration Projects in Honor of Coral Researcher Dr. Ruth D. Gates

Mountainous Star Coral

Mountainous star coral is native to the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. Its color is usually pale brown but may be deep brown with fluorescent green highlights. Mountainous star coral is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
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