Diseases of Coral Author:James Porter, Cheryl Woodley Coral disease is quickly becoming a crisis to the health and management of the world's coral reefs. There is a great interest from many in preserving coral reefs. Unfortunately, the field of epizootiology is disorganized and lacks a standard vocabulary, methods, and diagnostic techniques, and tropical marine scientists are poorly trained in wild... more »life pathology, veterinary medicine, and epidemiology. "Diseases of Coral" will help to rectify this situation.« less