Black Disease (Terpios hoshinota): A Probable Cause for the Rapid Coral Mortality at the Northern Reef of Yongxing Island in the South China Sea

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	Black Disease (Terpios hoshinota): A Probable Cause for the Rapid Coral Mortality at the Northern Reef of Yongxing Island in the South China Sea
	Shi, Q ; Liu, G ; Yan, HQ ; Zhang, HL
刊名	AMBIO
	2012
卷号	41 期号:5 页码:446-455
关键词	Coral mortality Black disease Terpios hoshinota Human activities Coral bleaching Crown-of-thorns starfish South China Sea
ISSN号	0044-7447
通讯作者	shiqi@scsio.ac.cn ; sdlgbio@126.com ; yhq9807@163.com ; zhanghuiling0375@126.com
中文摘要	The northern reef of Yongxing Island, the largest reef island of the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea, was in good condition with significant cover of scleractinian corals until 2002. Surveys in 2008 and 2010, however, found that coral coverage had declined rapidly and severely, implying that catastrophic coral mortality occurred during the past 8 years. A blackish mat was observed covering live and dead corals in both 2008 and 2010 that was identified as an encrusting sponge, Terpios hoshinota, by special surface morphology and spicule structure. In addition, spicule residues were found on the surface of long-dead corals, indicating a previous invasion of T. hosinota. T. hoshinota is referred to as the "black disease" because it rapidly overgrows and kills corals. Our evidence indicates that outbreaks of black disease are at least partially responsible for the massive coral mortality at the northern reef of Yongxing Island over the past 8 years, although human activities and heat-related coral bleaching cannot be discounted as minor causes for this coral decline.
学科主题	Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000306121200003
公开日期	2013-08-28
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.scsio.ac.cn/handle/344004/10331]
专题	南海海洋研究所_中科院边缘海地质重点实验室
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shi, Q,Liu, G,Yan, HQ,et al. Black Disease (Terpios hoshinota): A Probable Cause for the Rapid Coral Mortality at the Northern Reef of Yongxing Island in the South China Sea[J]. AMBIO,2012,41(5):446-455.
APA	Shi, Q,Liu, G,Yan, HQ,&Zhang, HL.(2012).Black Disease (Terpios hoshinota): A Probable Cause for the Rapid Coral Mortality at the Northern Reef of Yongxing Island in the South China Sea.AMBIO,41(5),446-455.
MLA	Shi, Q,et al."Black Disease (Terpios hoshinota): A Probable Cause for the Rapid Coral Mortality at the Northern Reef of Yongxing Island in the South China Sea".AMBIO 41.5(2012):446-455.