{"id":303,"date":"2010-01-05T19:08:02","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T19:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/science\/?p=303"},"modified":"2010-01-20T19:30:34","modified_gmt":"2010-01-20T19:30:34","slug":"coral-health-disease-chapter-16-white-pox-disease-of-the-caribbean-elkhorn-coralacropora-palmata-by-k-p-sutherland-k-b-ritchie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/science\/2010\/01\/05\/coral-health-disease-chapter-16-white-pox-disease-of-the-caribbean-elkhorn-coralacropora-palmata-by-k-p-sutherland-k-b-ritchie\/","title":{"rendered":"Coral Health & Disease, Chapter 16: White Pox Disease of the Caribbean Elkhorn Coral, Acropora palmata, by K.P. Sutherland, K.B. Ritchie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Coral Health and Disease, Chapter 16, 2004 by Katherine P. Sutherland and Kim B. Ritchie<\/p>\n

White pox disease was first observed in the Lower Florida Keys by Craig Quirolo as part of his ongoing Coral Survey. He documented the emerging and fast acting disease on Elkhorn\u00a0 corals and alerted Dr. James Porter, who responded with a team to investigate that included\u00a0 Katy Sutherland and others.\u00a0\u00a0 They have both studied it extensively and discovered that white pox disease is caused by a common bacteria found in sewage.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This underscores the importance of\u00a0clean, clear, nutrient-free \u00a0water quality conditions at coral reefs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/isurus.mote.org\/Keys\/microbiology\/chapter16_patterson-sutherland_ritchie.pdf Coral Health and Disease, Chapter 16, 2004 by Katherine P. Sutherland and Kim B. Ritchie White pox disease was first observed in the Lower Florida Keys by Craig Quirolo as part of his ongoing Coral Survey. He documented the emerging and fast acting disease on Elkhorn\u00a0 corals and alerted Dr. James Porter, who responded … Continue reading Coral Health & Disease, Chapter 16: White Pox Disease of the Caribbean Elkhorn Coral, Acropora palmata, by K.P. Sutherland, K.B. Ritchie<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t