Underwater diseases... A silent threat: fungal infections in octocorals
Research on wildlife diseases is a challenge that goes from determining a significant sample size to choosing the sampling site and then confronting the particularities of field work and the studied species. The challenge intensifies when it is in the ocean where marine biodiversity is threaten...
| Autores Principales: | Calderón Hernández, Alejandra, Urbina-Villalobos, Andrea, Morales, Juan Alberto, Cortés, Jorge |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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WDA Latin America
2022
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http://hdl.handle.net/11056/23539 |
| Sumario: |
Research on wildlife diseases is a challenge that
goes from determining a significant sample size to
choosing the sampling site and then confronting the
particularities of field work and the studied species.
The challenge intensifies when it is in the ocean
where marine biodiversity is threatened by
infectious diseases. Marine diseases associated to
the increase in warming ocean conditions are silent
and can reach a large scale before being noticed.
Underwater diseases need to be stopped from
spreading by identifying their causative
microorganisms and the environmental conditions
that trigger them. This requires significant scientific
investigations together with government funding. |
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