Multidisciplinary assessments of a potentially novel acute tissue loss disease on Florida Orbicella corals
Karen L. Neely, Allison R. Cauvin, Yasunari Kiryu, Erin Papke, Grace E. Kennedy, Arelys A. Chaparro, Kalie Januskiewicz, Esther C. Peters, Lindsay K. Huebner, Jan H. Landsberg, Blake Ushijima, Julie L. Meyer
The paper characterizes a novel coral disease in Florida Orbicella corals through multidisciplinary methods and defines it as Orbicella acute tissue loss disease.
bioRxiv · Dec 13, 2025 · PreprintPhysiology