Adding insult to injury: Ship groundings are associated with coral disease in a pristine reef

• Main Authors: Raymundo, L. J., Licuanan, Wilfredo Roehl Y., Kerr, A. M.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2018
• Subjects: Coral reefs and islands—Philippines; Coral reef ecology—Philippines; Tubbataha Reefs (Philippines); Coral reef restoration—Philippines; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/4453
• Institution: De La Salle University

In 2013, the remote Tubbataha Reef UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the western Philippines, experienced two ship groundings within four months: the USS Guardian (USSG), a US military vessel, and the Min Ping Yu (MPY), an illegal Chinese fishing vessel. Here, we present the results of coral disease as...