These juveniles, poised at a crucial dietary transition phase, were exposed to cues from their nursery habitat, comprising coral rubble covered with crustose coralline algae (CCA), as well as ...

They found that the disease not only reduces susceptible coral populations but also diminishes crustose coralline algae, the resilient pink crust that is crucial for building reef structure.

The red calcified coralline algae are intriguing organisms. Ubiquitous in the world’s seas from the poles to the tropics, they are morphologically highly diverse, slow growing, one of the longest ...