COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Underwater Whodunit: What's Killing Florida's Elkhorn Coral?
Description: Between 1996 and 2012, more than half of all corals in the Florida Keys died. The greatest decline was in elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata). The species disappeared from more than 90 percent of its former habitat. Most elkhorn coral that died in the Keys had signs of a disease known as white pox. Scientists have now ultimately identified human sewage outflows as the source of a pathogen that causes the disease. [Source: National Science Foundation]
URL: http://nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126918&org=NSF&from=news
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Source: National Science Foundation
Publish Date: 2/14/2013
Reading Level: Basic
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