New Study: Could Acidifying Oceans Slow Down Coral Disease?

Monday, June 5, 2017 - 13:42 in Biology & Nature

A controlled lab study led by Mote Marine Laboratory and published June 1 in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS ONE revealed that black band disease was less deadly to mountainous star coral (Orbicella faveolata) as water acidified, or decreased in pH.

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