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From: Transmission of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) in simulated ballast water confirms the potential for ship-born spread

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UV experiment infographic. SCTLD transmission apparatus in the Experimental Reef Laboratory at the University of Miami’s Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies. Disease water generation using field-collected colonies of Montastraea cavernosa exhibiting SCTLD lesions (top), subsequent separation of water treatments and in-line UV treatment using Sanitron S17A 3-GPM UV system (middle), and exposure of water treatments to randomized fragments of Orbicella faveolata (brown) and Pseudodiploria strigosa (orange) in individual 0.5 L vessels with independent water sources from manifold systems (bottom).

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