S E A R C H - All Categories - 0000 Archive of Underwater Images - 0000 Videos now on YouTube - 000 Featured dives of the past - 000 San Blas coral reefs 2007 - 001 St. Maarten - 002 Aruba 2007 - 00 Gallery - 01 Key West coral reefs - 02 Bahamas coral reefs - 03 Cuba coral reefs - 04 Jamaica coral reefs - 05 Cozumel coral reefs 1997 - 06 coral reef disease and infection - 07 coral reef Physical Stress - 08 Key West Marine Park. - 09 Western Sambo coral nursery - 10 Coral Nursery report - 11 Coral Stress Report 1998 Key West - 12 Monitoring coral stress and disease - 13 St. Kitts Peninsula Ecosystem Survey - coral bleaching - State of the Reef 2007 - The State of the Reef 2003 - Yellow Band Disease AND   OR   PHRASE State of the Reef 2007 (026) Displaying image 26 of 52 Manual Slideshow Mode Top > State of the Reef .. > 026 FILE INFO Caption Besides the apparent black band outbreak on this colony a veil of yellowing is present on the coral tissue. It has been proven that warm ocean water not only causes coral colonies to expel their symbiotic algae and bleach but it also has been proven that warm water drives up the incidence and severity of coral diseases. Notice the pattern of discolored/yellowing of the coral tissue on both sides of the black band outbreak. How does a coral colony become infected? Our 1998 Briareum research proved physical contact is one way a disease can be contracted but is that the only way? Filename Size Date Added 026.jpg 1,454 Kb 04/13/2007 BACKWARD coral bleaching Return to Thumbnail View Send As A Postcard FORWARD The State of the Reef 2003 C A T E G O R I E S - 0000 Archive of Underwater Images - 0000 Videos now on YouTube - 000 Featured dives of the past - 000 San Blas coral reefs 2007 - 001 St. Maarten - 002 Aruba 2007 - 00 Gallery - 01 Key West coral reefs - 02 Bahamas coral reefs - 03 Cuba coral reefs - 04 Jamaica coral reefs - 05 Cozumel coral reefs 1997 - 06 coral reef disease and infection - 07 coral reef Physical Stress - 08 Key West Marine Park. - 09 Western Sambo coral nursery - 10 Coral Nursery report - 11 Coral Stress Report 1998 Key West - 12 Monitoring coral stress and disease - 13 St. Kitts Peninsula Ecosystem Survey - coral bleaching - State of the Reef 2007 - The State of the Reef 2003 - Yellow Band Disease