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Spread of Diadema Mass Mortality through the Caribbean

Lessios, H. A. ; Robertson, D. R. ; Cubit, J. D.

Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 1984-10, Vol.226 (4672), p.335-337 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Spread of Diadema Mass Mortality through the Caribbean
Autor: Lessios, H. A. ; Robertson, D. R. ; Cubit, J. D.
Assuntos: Coasts ; Coral reefs ; Die off ; Keys ; Marine animals ; Marine biology ; Marine ecology ; Marine fauna ; Mortality ; Ocean currents ; Pathogens ; Sea urchins ; Surface water
É parte de: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 1984-10, Vol.226 (4672), p.335-337
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Descrição: Populations of the ecologically important sea urchin Diadema antillarum suffered severe mass mortalities throughout the Caribbean. This mortality was first observed at Panama in January 1983; by January 1984 it had spread to the rest of the Caribbean and to Bermuda. The sequence of mortality events in most areas is consistent with the hypothesis that the causative agent was dispersed by major surface currents over large distances. However, some of the late die-offs in the southeastern Caribbean do not fit this pattern. Several lines of indirect evidence suggest that the phenomenon is due to a water-borne pathogen. If so, this is the most extensive epidemic documented for a marine invertebrate.
Editor: United States: The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Idioma: Inglês

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