Coral-Associated Bacterial Community Dynamics in Healthy, Bleached, and Disease States

• Main Author: Hadaidi, Ghaida A.
• Other Authors: Voolstra, Christian R., Daffonchio, Daniele, Saikaly, Pascal, Thurber, Rebecca Vega, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) Division
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Mucus-associated bacteria; Carbohydrate composition; Black Band Disease; Coral bleaching; Coral mucus; Sob’; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10754/630144; https://doi.org/10.25781/KAUST-0UN42

Coral reefs are the proverbial rainforests of the ocean, but these spectacular structures are under threat from globally rising sea surface temperatures and ocean acidification. The Red Sea and the Persian/Arabian Gulf (PAG) display unusually high sea surface temperatures, and therefore, provide a m...