Dataset: Annual health surveys of the sea fan Gorgonia ventalina in La Parguera, Puerto Rico from 2006-2010

ValidatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.3720.1Version 1 (2012-09-14)Dataset Type:Other Field Results

Principal Investigator: Drew Harvell (Cornell University)

Co-Principal Investigator: Laura Mydlarz (University of Texas at Arlington)

Contact: Dr Colleen Burge (Cornell University)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)


Project: Influence of Temperature and Acidification on the Dynamics of Coral Co-Infection and Resistance (Climate_CoralDisease)


Abstract

Health surveys of the sea fan Gorgonia ventalina were carried out from 2006 to 2010 at two coral reefs in La Parguera, Puerto Rico. The proportions of healthy and abnormal G. ventalina colonies along survey transects are reported.

Health surveys of the sea fan Gorgonia ventalina were carried out from 2006 to 2010 at two coral reefs in La Parguera, Puerto Rico. The proportions of healthy and abnormal G. ventalina colonies along survey transects are reported.


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Burge, C., Douglas, N., Conti-Jerpe, I., Weil, E., Roberts, S., Friedman, C., & Harvell, C. (2012). Friend or foe: the association of Labyrinthulomycetes with the Caribbean sea fan Gorgonia ventalina. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 101(1), 1–12. doi:10.3354/dao02487