[Coral-List] SCTLD has reached Bonaire

[Alina Szmant]

I don't always agree with Gene, but I do in this case.  If there are peer-reviewed publications linking pathogens isolated from ballast water that have been found to infect and cause SCTLD or any other coral disease,  please share.

Alina Szmant



Dr. Alina M. Szmant,  CEO
CISME Instruments LLC



-------- Original message --------
From: Eugene Shinn via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Date: 7/29/22 2:03 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
Subject: [Coral-List] SCTLD has reached Bonaire

Listers, As I have pointed out many times the huge Staghorn forest at
San Salvador perished in less than 3 months in 1983----along with
Diadema. San Salvadore is way east of the Bahama Bank surrounded by deep
blue clear water---a long way up current and up wind of the Panama
canal. As for the present situation I am not aware of any evidence that
the cause of coral diseases is coming from ballast water. Gene

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