Pathogens compromise reproduction and induce melanization in Caribbean sea fans

By LE Petes, C. Harvell, EC Peters, M. Webb, K. Mullen. 2003

133 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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In Ecology

1. E. Ballesteros
2. M. Ribes
3. C. Linares
4. R. Coma
5. D. Díaz
6. Joaquim Garrabou
7. C. Harvell
8. J. Ward

In Global and Planetary Change

1. E. Ballesteros
2. C. Linares
3. R. Coma
4. D. Díaz
5. Joaquim Garrabou
6. M. Ribes
7. K. Kim
8. C. Harvell

In Oceanography

1. E. Ballesteros
2. M. Ribes
3. C. Linares
4. R. Coma
5. Joaquim Garrabou
6. Sergio Rossi
7. Eroteida Jiménez

Citations in the corpus

• Temperature affects coral disease resistance and pathogen growth (2007, background): “Once established, the pathogen is concentrated in the proteinaceous gorgonin axis (Petes et al. 2003) where it may avoid host antifungal compounds circulating in the coenenchyme.”
• Fungi in healthy and diseased sea fans (Gorgonia ventalina): is Aspergillus sydowii always the pathogen? (2008, background): “have a general eVect on reproduction: even small lesions aVect reproductive success of the whole colony (Petes et al. 2003).”
• Consequences of a mass mortality in populations of Eunicella singularis (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) in Menorca (NW Mediterranean) (2006, result): “Similar changes in reproductive output have been observed in the gorgonian Paramuricea clavata (authors' unpubl. data) and the tropical species Gorgonia ventalina (Petes et al. 2003).”
• Comprehensive characterization of skeletal tissue growth anomalies of the finger coral Porites compressa (2006, unknown): “In Caribbean sea fan octocorals, nodule growth in response to infection with fungi or protists has also been linked to localized suppression of reproduction (Petes et al. 2003).”
• Coral Resistance to Disease (2004, methodology): “Sea fans were decalcified and prepared as histological slides at the Cornell Veterinary School, and we verified histochemically that the purpling response of diseased sea fans is associated with localized deposition of melanin in coenenchyme adjacent to fungal hyphae (Petes et al. 2003).”