Plastic waste associated with disease on coral reefs

Lamb, Joleah B.; Willis, Bette L.; Fiorenza, Evan A.; Couch, Courtney S.; Howard, Robert; Rader, Douglas N.; True, James D.; Kelly, Lisa A.; Ahmad, Awaludinnoer; Jompa, Jamaluddin; Harvell, C. Drew

doi:10.1126/science.aar3320

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Plastic waste associated with disease on coral reefs

2018
By Lamb, Joleah B. ; Willis, Bette L. ; Fiorenza, Evan A. ; ...
Source: Science, 359(6374), 460-462

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Lamb, Joleah B. ; Willis, Bette L. ; Fiorenza, Evan A. ; Couch, Courtney S. ; Howard, Robert ; Rader, Douglas N. ; True, James D. ; Kelly, Lisa A. ; Ahmad, Awaludinnoer ; Jompa, Jamaluddin ; Harvell, C. Drew Less -
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Corals wrapped in plastic Coral reefs provide vital fisheries and coastal defense, and they urgently need protection from the damaging effects of plastic waste. Lamb et al. surveyed 159 coral reefs in the Asia-Pacific region. Billions of plastic items were entangled in the reefs. The more spikey the coral species, the more likely they were to snag plastic. Disease likelihood increased 20-fold once a coral was draped in plastic. Plastic debris stresses coral through light deprivation, toxin release, and anoxia, giving pathogens a foothold for invasion. Science , this issue p. 460
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