Table.1a. Syndromes reported <strong>for</strong> scleract<strong>in</strong>ian corals <strong>and</strong> gorgonians <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> tropical western Atlantic(cont<strong>in</strong>ued).Red b<strong>and</strong> disease (RBD)type IBahamas, Belize, Bonaire,Colombia, Costa Rica,Curaçao, Dom<strong>in</strong>ica, PuertoRico, Jamaica, Mexico,Turks <strong>and</strong> Caicos, Florida11 species: Gorgonia,Agaricia, Colpophyllia,Mycetophyllia, Diploria,Stephanocoenia Millepora,Me<strong>and</strong>r<strong>in</strong>a, Montastraea,Porites, Siderastrea.Rützler et al., 1983;Santavy <strong>and</strong> Peters,1997RBD type II Bahamas, Mexico D. strigosa, M. annularis, M.cavernosa, P. astreoides, S.radiansRichardson, 1992Mottl<strong>in</strong>g syndrome Flower Gardens GOM C. natans Borneman, 2005Pale r<strong>in</strong>g syndrome Flower Gardens GOM Montastraea, Colpophyllia,DiploriaBorneman, 2005Light patch syndrome Flower Gardens GOM D. strigosa Borneman, 2005Hyperplasia (acceleratedgrowth)Bermuda, Puerto Rico,USVI, Jamaica, Ne<strong>the</strong>rl<strong>and</strong>sAntilles, Tr<strong>in</strong>idad, Belize,Brazil12 species: Porites, Favia,Diploria, Montastraea,Stephanocoenia, Acropora,Siderastrea, Colpophyllia.Loya et al., 1984Calicoblastic NeoplasmFlorida, Bonaire, PuertoRico, Tr<strong>in</strong>idad, MexicoA. palmata Peters et al., 1986Follicul<strong>in</strong>id ciliates(SEB)Venezuela 10 species Croquer et al., 2006Shut-down reaction Belize, Florida massive corals, acroporids Antonius, 1977Coccidiosis Jamaica, Puerto Rico, USVI A. agaricites, D. cyl<strong>in</strong>dicus,D. strigosa, M. me<strong>and</strong>rites,M. cavernosa, P. astreoides,P. poritesUpton <strong>and</strong> Peters,1986Nematopsis spores USVI Porites spp Peters, 1984Stress-related necrosis Puerto Rico Multiple species Peters, 1984Blister<strong>in</strong>g necrosis Puerto Rico, USVI S.siderea D. strigosa, D.labyr<strong>in</strong>thi<strong>for</strong>mis M.annularis,P.astreoides, S. <strong>in</strong>tersepta, A.agaricitesPeters, 1984R<strong>in</strong>g disease Bermuda, Florida, Honduras D. labyr<strong>in</strong>thi<strong>for</strong>mis Weil, 2001Algal tumors Bonaire, Tr<strong>in</strong>idad, Florida Gorgonia PseudoplexauraPlexauraMorse et al., 1977Aspergillosis 18 countries Gorgonia spp. Nagelkerken et al.,1997Fire coral fungal disease Florida Millepora spp. TeStrake et al., 1988Epizoism Florida <strong>and</strong> Belize Acropora, P. porites Antonius, 1998Epizootic Cyanobacteria Florida Briareum asbest<strong>in</strong>um Harvell et al, 200196
In a review article, Su<strong>the</strong>rl<strong>and</strong> et al. (2004) suggests <strong>the</strong>se all represent a s<strong>in</strong>gle diseasewhich she refers to as “white plague like”, however <strong>the</strong> term white plague has not beenreported <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Indo<strong>Pacific</strong>. In contrast recent Indo<strong>Pacific</strong> studies are report<strong>in</strong>g a diseasewith signs that are similar to WBD as white syndrome (WS) (Willis et al., 2004). Toavoid confusion, <strong>the</strong> white diseases are grouped here as 1) WBD <strong>for</strong> Caribbeanacroporids; 2) white pox (WPX) <strong>for</strong> acroporids reported with WPX, patchy necrosis ornecrotic patch syndrome; 3) white plague (WP type I or WP-II) <strong>for</strong> all non acroporidscorals <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> western Atlantic with signs similar to WBD; <strong>and</strong> 3) white syndrome <strong>for</strong>cases identified as WBD, white syndrome, white plague, or plague-like from <strong>the</strong> Red Sea<strong>and</strong> Indo<strong>Pacific</strong>White b<strong>and</strong> disease (WBD) was first observed <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> mid 1970s <strong>in</strong> St. Croix,USVI among A. palmata populations (Gladfelter et al., 1977). It subsequently spreadthroughout <strong>the</strong> Caribbean where it affected A. palmata <strong>and</strong> A. cervicornis, with reports ofWBD from 27 countries dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> 1980s. WBD has been reported much less frequentlydur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> last decade; isolated cases of WBD were identified among A. palmatapopulations <strong>in</strong> 5 countries (Jamaica, Mexico, Cuba, Caymans <strong>and</strong> Bahamas) with anoutbreak observed <strong>in</strong> a s<strong>in</strong>gle location that spread throughout a population off MonaIsl<strong>and</strong>, Puerto Rico between 2003-2005 (Bruckner, 2005). Conversely, recent outbreaksof WBD on A. cervicornis populations appear to be more prevalent over <strong>the</strong> last decade.This condition may represent a new syndrome (it has also been referred to as WBD-II byWeil, 2004 <strong>and</strong> rapid tissue loss by Williams <strong>and</strong> Miller, 2005), as rates of tissue loss aremuch more rapid than that reported <strong>for</strong> WBD <strong>and</strong> patterns of tissue loss were moreirregular (Williams <strong>and</strong> Miller, 2005).White pox (WPX) was first observed <strong>in</strong> Puerto Rico <strong>in</strong> 1994 (called patchynecrosis (PN); Bruckner <strong>and</strong> Bruckner, 1996) <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> Florida <strong>in</strong> 1996 (Patterson et al.,2002). WPX has also been reported from <strong>the</strong> USVI <strong>and</strong> Puerto Rico, with reports <strong>for</strong> PNfrom <strong>the</strong> Bahamas, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Jamaica <strong>and</strong> necrotic patch syndrome fromMexico. WPX is believed to have caused losses of 88% of <strong>the</strong> rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g acroporids <strong>in</strong><strong>the</strong> Florida Keys between 1996-2002 (Porter et al., 2001; Su<strong>the</strong>rl<strong>and</strong> et al., 2004).White plague has been reported from 20 countries <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Caribbean, with fewreports specifically identify<strong>in</strong>g this as Type I or Type II . WP (type I) was first observed<strong>in</strong> 1975 on reefs off Key Largo Florida among six species, with <strong>the</strong> highest prevalence <strong>in</strong>Mycetophyllia spp. <strong>and</strong> C. natans (Dustan, 1977). It was still prevalent throughout <strong>the</strong>Key Largo region ten years later, although M. annularis (complex) colonies were affectedmost severely, along with 11 o<strong>the</strong>r species (Dustan, 1987). S<strong>in</strong>ce this time, WP-I hasonly been reported from <strong>the</strong> Bahamas <strong>and</strong> Puerto Rico. A condition with similar signs,but more rapid rates of tissue loss <strong>and</strong> a wider host range emerged on <strong>the</strong>se reefs <strong>in</strong> 1995(WP type II). The most susceptible species (D. stokesi) was unaffected dur<strong>in</strong>g WPoutbreaks <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> 1970s <strong>and</strong> 1980s; it was also observed on 17 o<strong>the</strong>r species <strong>in</strong> Florida,<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g 8 (M. annularis, M. cavernosa, M. faveolata, S. siderea, A. agaricites, C.natans, D. labyr<strong>in</strong>thi<strong>for</strong>mis, S. <strong>in</strong>tersepta) reported dur<strong>in</strong>g earlier WP outbreaks(Richardson et al., 1998). WP type II has been reported from 9 countries, with <strong>in</strong>fectionsdocumented on 41 species (Weil et al., 2006). A separate condition termed WP Type III(based on rates of spread of up to 10 cm/day) was reported to affect <strong>the</strong> largest massivecorals <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g Montastraea spp. <strong>and</strong> C. natans (Richardson <strong>and</strong> Aronson, 2001); it isunclear whe<strong>the</strong>r this is dist<strong>in</strong>ct from WP-II <strong>and</strong> epizootiological data are currently97
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