PRO/AH/EDR> Coral reef kill – USA (02): (HI) black band disease

Other Animal Disease — Worldwide/Unknown
Half the coral reef sites surveyed by state scientists in nearshore Kauaian waters in the last year are plagued by disease, environmental officials announced [Mon 27 Apr 2015].
The finding, mined from the research of Christine Runyon, a graduate research assistant at University of Hawaii’s Institute of Marine Biology, is part of an ongoing investigation launched by the Department of Land and Natural Resources [DLNR] a year ago to research black band disease on Kauai and identify options for