99 research outputs found
Corals Use Similar Immune Cells and Wound-Healing Processes as Those of Higher Organisms
Sessile animals, like corals, frequently suffer physical injury from a variety of sources, thus wound-healing mechanisms that restore tissue integrity and prevent infection are vitally important for defence. Despite the ecological importance of reef-building corals, little is known about the cells and processes involved in wound healing in this group or in phylogenetically basal metazoans in general
Characterizing the Intramolecular H-bond and Secondary Structure in Methylated GlyGlyH+ with H2 Predissociation Spectroscopy
Evaluating Patterns of a White-Band Disease (WBD) Outbreak in Acropora palmata Using Spatial Analysis: A Comparison of Transect and Colony Clustering
. Likewise, there is little known about the spatiality of outbreaks. We examined the spatial patterns of WBD during a 2004 outbreak at Buck Island Reef National Monument in the US Virgin Islands. colonies with and without WBD.As the search for causation continues, surveillance and proper documentation of the spatial patterns may inform etiology, and at the same time assist reef managers in allocating resources to tracking the disease. Our results indicate that the spatial scale of data collected can drastically affect the calculation of prevalence and spatial distribution of WBD outbreaks. Specifically, we illustrate that higher resolution sampling resulted in more realistic disease estimates. This should assist in selecting appropriate sampling designs for future outbreak investigations. The spatial techniques used here can be used to facilitate other coral disease studies, as well as, improve reef conservation and management
Gene expression associated with white syndromes in a reef building coral, Acropora hyacinthus
Disfavoring Macrocycle b Fragments by Constraining Torsional Freedom: The “Twisted” Case of QWFGLM b6
Oxazolone versus macrocycle structures for leu-enkephalin b2–b4: Insights from infrared multiple-photon dissociation spectroscopy and gas-phase hydrogen/deuterium exchange
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