National Park Service: Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Found at Dry Tortugas National Park
June 04, 2021
June 04, 2021
KEY WEST, Florida, June 4 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release:
Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease--an infectious, water-borne disease that impacts hard coral species and damages entire reefs--has been found on corals in Dry Tortugas National Park. The park's Coral Response Team observed it on May 29 while conducting a routine disease survey.
"Until now, Dry Tortugas National Park was the only remaining secti . . .
Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease--an infectious, water-borne disease that impacts hard coral species and damages entire reefs--has been found on corals in Dry Tortugas National Park. The park's Coral Response Team observed it on May 29 while conducting a routine disease survey.
"Until now, Dry Tortugas National Park was the only remaining secti . . .