There are many aspects of coral disease that are poorly understood. The relationship, if any, between human activities and the incidence of coral disease is particularly important since it is frequently assumed that the number and prevalence of diseases

Disease affects the growth and survival of reef building corals. Prevalence, severity, lethality, and recovery of dark spots syndrome (DSS) was measured on three common scleractinian corals, Montastraea annularis complex, Siderastrea siderea, and Stephanocoenia

Regeneration of artificial lesions was studied along a depth gradient from 5–35 m in the Caribbean corals Porites astreoides (brown morph) and Stephanocoenia michelinii (massive morph). During the first 3–4 weeks of the regeneration process tissue recovery