Diseased coral (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Diseased coral

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A coral plagued wtih stony coral tissue loss disease on St. John, USVI.  This highly lethal and fast spreading disease can be found among reefs in the Atlantic and Caribbean. 

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(Cynthia Becker, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

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