This work builds on Master’s student Ian Comb’s project fate tracking this disease outbreak, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and FDEP, and will contribute to Master’s student Erin Shilling’s thesis assessing the success of different disease intervention techniques as well as any potential secondary impacts on coral mucus microbial communities.
We also want to give a huge thanks to our HBOI boat operator, Matt Roy, and our Dive Safety Officer Jimmy Nelson for their help coordinating and carrying out this intervention trial.