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John C. Bythell
Researcher at Newcastle University
Publications - 74
Citations - 5287
John C. Bythell is an academic researcher from Newcastle University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Coral & Coral reef. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 70 publications receiving 4778 citations. Previous affiliations of John C. Bythell include University of Newcastle & University of Bahrain.
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Perspectives on mucus secretion in reef corals
Barbara E. Brown,John C. Bythell +1 more
TL;DR: It is argued that at any one time, different types of mucus secretions may be produced at different sites within the coral colony and that mucus layers secreted by the coral may not be single homogeneous layers but consist of separate layers with different properties.
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Characterization of the bacterial consortium associated with black band disease in coral using molecular microbiological techniques.
Rory P. Cooney,Olga Pantos,Martin D. A. Le Tissier,Michael R. Barer,Anthony G. O'Donnell,John C. Bythell +5 more
TL;DR: The molecular biological approach described here gives an increasingly comprehensive and more precise picture of the bacterial population associated with BBD.
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Are infectious diseases really killing corals? Alternative interpretations of the experimental and ecological data
TL;DR: It is proposed that coral "diseases", with rare exception, are opportunistic infections secondary to exposure to physiological stress that result in reduced host resistance and unchecked growth of bacteria normally benign and non-pathogenic.
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The bacterial ecology of a plague-like disease affecting the Caribbean coral Montastrea annularis.
Olga Pantos,Rory P. Cooney,Martin D. A. Le Tissier,Michael R. Barer,Anthony G. O'Donnell,John C. Bythell +5 more
TL;DR: Differences between non-diseased corals and the apparently healthy tissues remote from the tissue lesion in affected corals indicates a 'whole coral' response to a relatively small area of infection with a perturbation in the normal microbial flora occurring prior to the onset of visible signs of disease.
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Climate change impedes scleractinian corals as primary reef ecosystem engineers
Christian Wild,Ove Hoegh-Guldberg,Malik S. Naumann,M. Florencia Colombo-Pallotta,Mebrahtu Ateweberhan,William K. Fitt,Roberto Iglesias-Prieto,Caroline Palmer,Caroline Palmer,John C. Bythell,Juan Carlos Ortiz,Yossi Loya,Robert van Woesik +12 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlighted the critical role of scleractinian corals as reef ecosystem engineers and highlighted the control of corals over key reef ecosystem goods and services, including high biodiversity, coastal protection, fishing and tourism.