Diseases of coral

Content: Contributors, ix    Acknowledgements, xii    Editors    Comment: Recent Changes in Coral Taxonomy, xiii    1 Introduction, 1 James W. Porter    2 Pathology, 4 Cheryl M. Woodley, Russell A. Harley, James H. Nicholson and Taylor L. Reynolds    3 Etiology, 16 Michael Thrusfield    4 Epidemiology, 28 Michael Thrusfield    5 History of Coral Disease Research, 52 Andrew W. Bruckner    6 Anatomy, 85 Esther C. Peters    7 Morphological, Physiological and Cytological Aspects of Reproduction in Scleractinian Corals, 108 Esti Kramarsky   Winter    8 The Innate Immune System in Cnidarians, 125 Thomas C. G. Bosch and Philip Rosenstiel    9 Endocrine   Like Signaling in Corals, 138 Ann M. Tarrant    10 Heterotrophic Nutrition of Tropical, Temperate and Deep   Sea Corals, 150 Fanny Houlbreque, Riccardo Rodolfo   Metalpa and Christine Ferrier   Pages    11 Nervous System: Morphology and Physiology of Cnidarian Conducting Systems, 164 Gabriele Kass   Simon and Linda A. Hufnagel    12 Physiology of Skeletogenesis in Scleractinian Coral, 192 Fuad A. Al   Horani    13 Vibriosis, 206 Luba Arotsker and Ariel Kushmaro    14 Acroporid Serratiosis, 221 Kathryn Patterson Sutherland, Erin K. Lipp and James W. Porter    15 Aurantimonas coralicida   White Plague Type II, 231 Laurie L. Richardson    16 Aspergillosis of Caribbean Sea Fan Corals, Gorgonia spp., 236 Kiho Kim and Krystal Rypien    17 Mechanical Lesions and Corallivory, 242 Andrew W. Bruckner and Robin J. Bruckner    18 Coral Bleaching: The Roles of Sea Temperature and Solar Radiation, 266 Barbara E. Brown and Richard P. Dunne    19 Viruses and Coral Disease, 284 William H. Wilson and Cheryl M. Woodley    20 Skeletal Growth Anomalies in Corals, 291 Thierry M. Work, Longin T. Kaczmarsky and Esther C. Peters    21 White Syndromes of Indo   Pacific Corals, 300 David G. Bourne, Tracy D. Ainsworth and Bette L. Willis    22 White Syndromes of Western Atlantic Reef   Building Corals, 316 Andrew W. Bruckner    23 Indo   Pacific Colored   Band Diseases of Corals, 333 Laurie J. Raymundo and Ernesto Weil    24 Cyanobacterial   Associated Colored   Band Diseases of the Atlantic/Caribbean, 345 Laurie L. Richardson, Aaron W. Miller, Patricia L. Blackwelder and Husain Al   Sayegh    25 Dark   Spots Disease, 354 Thierry M. Work and Ernesto Weil    26 Halofolliculina Ciliate Infections on Corals (Skeletal Eroding Disease), 361 Cathie A. Page, Aldo Croquer, Carolina Bastidas, Sebastian Rodriguez, Stephen J. Neale, Ernesto Weil and Bette L. Willis    27 Yellow   Band Diseases, 376 Andrew W. Bruckner and Bernhard Riegl    28 Porites Trematodiasis, 387 Greta Smith Aeby    29 Pink   Line Syndrome, 391 Jeyaraman Ravindran, C. Raghukumar and B. Manikandan    30 Coral    Bleaching    as a Generalized Stress Response to Environmental Disturbance, 396 Andrew C. Baker and Ross Cunning    31 Diseases of Octocorals, 410 Kiho Kim    32 The Diseases of Deep   Water Corals, 416 Alex David Rogers, Kirsty M. Kemp, Andrew J. Davies and Michelle Lisa Taylor    33 Biocontainment Practices for Coral Disease Research, 442 Du  an Pali  , Janet V. Warg and Thierry M. Work    34 Closing Pandora   s Box: Regulations and Permitting Considerations for Coral Disease Research, 458 David Gulko, Cheryl M. Woodley and Sylvia B. Galloway    35 Coral Regeneration Assay, 472 Elizabeth F. Moses and Pamela Hallock    36 Coral Tissue Culture and Micropropagation, 482 Maya Vizel and Esti Kramarsky   Winter    37 Coral Cell and Tissue Culture Methods, 489 Isabelle Domart   Coulon and Gary K. Ostrander    38 Theory and Application of Pulse Amplitude Modulated Chlorophyll Fluorometry in Coral Health Assessment, 506 Peter J. Ralph, Ross Hill, Martina A. Doblin and Simon K. Davy    39 Zooxanthellae Viability Assay, 524 Martina M. Burtscher, Lisa A. May, Craig A. Downs and Thomas Bartlett    40 Quantifying Total Porphyrin Species from Scleractinian Coral Tissue Extracts, 538 Cheryl M. Woodley, Athena R. Burnett and Craig A. Downs    41 Chemiluminescent Method for Quantifying DNA Abasic Lesions in Scleractinian Coral Tissues, 547 Lisa A. May and Cheryl M. Woodley    Glossary, 556    Index, 570