[Coral-List] SCTLD spread by butterfly fish.

[William Precht]

Alina, thank you for saying what many of us thought when we read the post
earlier today.

Looks like we have an unfolding catastrophe this summer with water
temperatures in Florida and in the Caribbean where they are so early in the
summer.

We have more than enough to handle and deal with.

B

On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 2:06 PM Alina Szmant via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> Thanks Steve for sharing the link to this paper, which I just read
> (carefully, including looking at each figure and table). There is no
> conclusion by these authors that the foureye butterflyfish had any role in
> prevalence or spread of disease (their words). Because the fishes seem to
> be attracted to decaying tissue there was a correlation (but no proof of
> causation) of abundance of the fishes with diseased corals. They did not
> find any increase in diseased coral heads where there was higher abundance
> of this species. Thus once again, over-zealous people are jumping the gun,
> misinterpreting the literature by not reading the fine print, and making
> suggestions for radical actions that are poorly founded. There is enough
> misinformation going around out there that contributors to Coral-List
> should be careful to not start stampedes...
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coral-List <coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> On Behalf Of
> Steve Mussman via Coral-List
> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2023 10:31 AM
> To: John Ware via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> Cc: coral list <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] SCTLD spread by butterfly fish.
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>
> Hi John,
>
> I believe this was the paper suggesting that butterflyfish may be playing
> a role in spreading SCTLD.
>
> https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00338-020-01986-8
>
> I did not personally interpret its findings as clearly establishing the
> fact that butterflyfish are primary vectors of this disease. I do think the
> paper suggests that various benthic dwelling forms of marine life should be
> considered as possible vectors of this particular coral disease.
>
> Regards,
>
> Steve
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> On 7/25/23, 9:27 AM, John Ware via Coral-List <
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
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> Dear List,
>
> Apparently I have been missing something. Can someone suggest
>
> available, peer-reviewed papers demonstrating that butterfly fish are
>
> spreading SCTLD or other coral diseases.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> John
>
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