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A fellow list member wrote and pointed out that in writing about coral
diseases I incorrectly identified Aspergillus (the pathogen infecting sea
fans) as a bacterium. It's a fungus. Sorry. Also, references on
<font face="Courier New, Courier">aspergillosis include:<br><br>
Nagelkerken, Ivan, et al. “Widespread disease in Caribbean sea fans,”
<i>Marine Ecology Progress Series</i>, Vol. 160, 15 December 1997, pp.
255-263.<br><br>
Nagelkerken, Ivan, et al. “Widespread disease in Caribbean sea fans,”
<i>Proceedings </i>of the
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International Coral Reef Symposium, Vol. 1. 1997, pp. 679-682.<br><br>
Smith, Garriet, et al. “Caribbean sea fan mortalities,” <i>Nature</i>,
Vol. 383, 10 October 1996, p. 487.<br><br>
Harvell, Drew, et al. “Emerging Marine Diseases–Climate Links and
Anthropogenic Factors,” <i>Science</i>, 3 September 1999, pp.
1505-1510.<br><br>
Geiser, David, et al. “Cause of sea fan death in the West Indies,”
<i>Nature</i>, Vol. 394, 9 July 1998, pp. 137-138.<br><br>
Cheers,<br>
Osha<br><br>
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