Table of Contents
Contributors, ix
Acknowledgements, xii
Editors’ Comment: Recent Changes in Coral Taxonomy, xiii
1 Introduction, 1James W. Porter
2 Pathology, 4Cheryl M. Woodley, Russell A. Harley, James H. Nicholson and Taylor L. Reynolds
3 Etiology, 16Michael Thrusfield
4 Epidemiology, 28Michael Thrusfield
5 History of Coral Disease Research, 52Andrew W. Bruckner
6 Anatomy, 85Esther C. Peters
7 Morphological, Physiological and Cytological Aspects of Reproduction in Scleractinian Corals, 108Esti Kramarsky‐Winter
8 The Innate Immune System in Cnidarians, 125Thomas C. G. Bosch and Philip Rosenstiel
9 Endocrine‐Like Signaling in Corals, 138Ann M. Tarrant
10 Heterotrophic Nutrition of Tropical, Temperate and Deep‐Sea Corals, 150Fanny Houlbrèque, Riccardo Rodolfo‐Metalpa and Christine Ferrier‐Pagès
11 Nervous System: Morphology and Physiology of Cnidarian Conducting Systems, 164Gabriele Kass‐Simon and Linda A. Hufnagel
12 Physiology of Skeletogenesis in Scleractinian Coral, 192Fuad A. Al‐Horani
13 Vibriosis, 206Luba Arotsker and Ariel Kushmaro
14 Acroporid Serratiosis, 221Kathryn Patterson Sutherland, Erin K. Lipp and James W. Porter
15 Aurantimonas coralicida—White Plague Type II, 231Laurie L. Richardson
16 Aspergillosis of Caribbean Sea Fan Corals, Gorgonia spp., 236Kiho Kim and Krystal Rypien
17 Mechanical Lesions and Corallivory, 242Andrew W. Bruckner and Robin J. Bruckner
18 Coral Bleaching: The Roles of Sea Temperature and Solar Radiation, 266Barbara E. Brown and Richard P. Dunne
19 Viruses and Coral Disease, 284William H. Wilson and Cheryl M. Woodley
20 Skeletal Growth Anomalies in Corals, 291Thierry M. Work, Longin T. Kaczmarsky and Esther C. Peters
21 White Syndromes of Indo‐Pacific Corals, 300David G. Bourne, Tracy D. Ainsworth and Bette L. Willis
22 White Syndromes of Western Atlantic Reef‐Building Corals, 316Andrew W. Bruckner
23 Indo‐Pacific Colored‐Band Diseases of Corals, 333Laurie J. Raymundo and Ernesto Weil
24 Cyanobacterial‐Associated Colored‐Band Diseases of the Atlantic/Caribbean, 345Laurie L. Richardson, Aaron W. Miller, Patricia L. Blackwelder and Husain Al‐Sayegh
25 Dark‐Spots Disease, 354Thierry M. Work and Ernesto Weil
26 Halofolliculina Ciliate Infections on Corals (Skeletal Eroding Disease), 361Cathie A. Page, Aldo Cróquer, Carolina Bastidas, Sebastian Rodríguez, Stephen J. Neale, Ernesto Weil and Bette L. Willis
27 Yellow‐Band Diseases, 376Andrew W. Bruckner and Bernhard Riegl
28 Porites Trematodiasis, 387Greta Smith Aeby
29 Pink‐Line Syndrome, 391Jeyaraman Ravindran, C. Raghukumar and B. Manikandan
30 Coral “Bleaching” as a Generalized Stress Response to Environmental Disturbance, 396Andrew C. Baker and Ross Cunning
31 Diseases of Octocorals, 410Kiho Kim
32 The Diseases of Deep‐Water Corals, 416Alex David Rogers, Kirsty M. Kemp, Andrew J. Davies and Michelle Lisa Taylor
33 Biocontainment Practices for Coral Disease Research, 442Dušan Palić, Janet V. Warg and Thierry M. Work
34 Closing Pandora’s Box: Regulations and Permitting Considerations for Coral Disease Research, 458David Gulko, Cheryl M. Woodley and Sylvia B. Galloway
35 Coral Regeneration Assay, 472Elizabeth F. Moses and Pamela Hallock
36 Coral Tissue Culture and Micropropagation, 482Maya Vizel and Esti Kramarsky‐Winter
37 Coral Cell and Tissue Culture Methods, 489Isabelle Domart‐Coulon and Gary K. Ostrander
38 Theory and Application of Pulse Amplitude Modulated Chlorophyll Fluorometry in Coral Health Assessment, 506Peter J. Ralph, Ross Hill, Martina A. Doblin and Simon K. Davy
39 Zooxanthellae Viability Assay, 524Martina M. Burtscher, Lisa A. May, Craig A. Downs and Thomas Bartlett
40 Quantifying Total Porphyrin Species from Scleractinian Coral Tissue Extracts, 538Cheryl M. Woodley, Athena R. Burnett and Craig A. Downs
41 Chemiluminescent Method for Quantifying DNA Abasic Lesions in Scleractinian Coral Tissues, 547Lisa A. May and Cheryl M. Woodley
Glossary, 556
Index, 570