Open AccessNew records of coral diseases in the Persian Gulf
Author(s) -
Parviz Tavakoli-Kolour,
Sanaz Hazraty-Kari
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of threatened taxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.264
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 0974-7907
pISSN - 0974-7893
DOI - 10.11609/jott.4226.11.14.14912-14913
Subject(s) - porites , coral , persian , acropora , oceanography , geography , geology , linguistics , philosophy
We report first observations of three coral diseases including black band disease on Acropora, a syndrome resembling yellow band disease and red band disease on Porites colonies from depth 5–6 m at Abu-Musa Island after widespread coral bleaching in the northern part of the Persian Gulf in October 2012.