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Testing of how and why the Terpios hoshinota sponge kills stony corals

An encrusting sponge, Terpios hoshinota, has the potential to infect all species of stony corals in shallow reefs and killing them. It caused a decline in coral coverage in two south-eastern islands of Taiwan. We proposed two hypotheses to examine how the sponges kill the corals, namely, light block...

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Autores principales: Syue, Siang-Tai, Hsu, Chia-Hsuan, Soong, Keryea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8027672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33828181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87350-4