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A new, rapidly spreading outbreak of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease
(SCTLD) has quietly infiltrated nearly 40 miles of Grand Bahama’s
southern coastline, killing a wide range of coral including some that
are already endangered.
“Corals are the engineers that build the
entire marine ecosystem. Without them the ecosystem collapses. The reefs
lose their function. It makes a fundamental change in the ecosystem
from what we’ve seen in the past,” said Dr Craig Dahlgren…
Source: https://www.thebahamasweekly.com
