This stand of threatened Acropora palmata, or Elkhorn coral, suffers from white band disease. Image courtesy of Andy Bruckner, NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service.
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This stand of threatened Acropora palmata, or Elkhorn coral, suffers from white band disease. Image courtesy of Andy Bruckner, NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service.