Building living systematic reviews and reporting standards for comparative microscopic analysis of white diseases in hard corals.

ABSTRACT: Over the last 4 decades, coral disease research has continued to provide reports of diseases, the occurrence and severity of disease outbreaks and associated disease signs. Histology using systematic protocols is a gold standard for the microscopic assessment of diseases in veterinary and medical research, while also providing valuable information on host condition. However, uptake of histological analysis for coral disease remains limited. Increasing disease outbreaks on coral reefs as human impacts intensify highlights a need to understand the use of histology to date in coral disease research. Here, we apply a systematic approach to collating, mapping and reviewing histological methods used to study coral diseases with 'white' signs (i.e., white diseases) in hard coral taxa and map rese

SUBMITTER: Page CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11224507 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature