[Coral-List] Paper: Satellite Temperatures and Coral Disease Outbreak

[Scott.Heron at noaa.gov]

Coral-Listers,

Heron SF, Willis BL, Skirving WJ, Eakin CM, Page CA, Miller IR (2010) 
Summer Hot Snaps and Winter Conditions: Modelling White Syndrome 
Outbreaks on Great Barrier Reef Corals, PLoS ONE 5(8): e12210. 
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012210
http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012210

describes observed relationships between satellite-derived sea surface 
temperature (SST) and outbreaks of White Syndrome (WS) disease on the 
Great Barrier Reef (GBR).  Incorporating the magnitude and duration of 
thermal anomalies in both summer and winter, the study shows a strong 
relationship between WS outbreaks and unusually warm summer 
temperatures, while also defining links with mild conditions during the 
preceding winter period.  The paper describes the analysis that 
underpins a new experimental Coral Disease Outbreak Risk product, 
available at coralreefwatch.noaa.gov <http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov>.  
This regional product provides a Seasonal Outlook (based on the defined 
winter metrics) and an Outbreak Risk (updated in near real-time during 
summer) for the GBR and Hawaiian archipelago.

This work was supported by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program; the 
World Bank/Global Environment Facility Coral Reef Targeted Research 
Remote Sensing and Coral Disease Working Groups; and the Marine and 
Tropical Sciences Research Facility.

Scott F. Heron (for the authors)


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   Coral-Listers,
   Heron SF, Willis BL, Skirving WJ, Eakin CM, Page CA, Miller IR (2010) Summer
   Hot Snaps and Winter Conditions: Modelling White Syndrome Outbreaks on Great
   Barrier Reef Corals, PLoS ONE 5(8): e12210. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012210
   [1]http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012210
   describes observed relationships between satellite-derived sea surface
   temperature (SST) and outbreaks of White Syndrome (WS) disease on the Great
   Barrier Reef (GBR).  Incorporating the magnitude and duration of thermal
   anomalies in both summer and winter, the study shows a strong relationship
   between WS outbreaks and unusually warm summer temperatures, while also
   defining links with mild conditions during the preceding winter period.  The
   paper describes the analysis that underpins a new experimental Coral Disease
   Outbreak  Risk product, available at [2]coralreefwatch.noaa.gov.  This
   regional product provides a Seasonal Outlook (based on the defined winter
   metrics) and an Outbreak Risk (updated in near real-time during summer) for
   the GBR and Hawaiian archipelago.
   This work was supported by the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program; the
   World Bank/Global Environment Facility Coral Reef Targeted Research Remote
   Sensing  and Coral Disease Working Groups; and the Marine and Tropical
   Sciences Research Facility.
   Scott F. Heron (for the authors)

References

   1. http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012210
   2. http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/