Abstract
The coral diseases are recognized as serious threats to coral reef ecosystems and a major contributor to the reduction of zooxanthellate scleractinian populations worldwide. Quantitative disease surveys can provide important information on the status and trends of coral reef health over the time. In this study, coral disease surveys were carried out during August 2014 and 2015 at designated sites located in the northern Persian Gulf. Seven different diseases affecting eight scleractinian genera were documented: Black Band Disease (BBD), Skeletal Growth Anomaly (SGA), Arabian Yellow Band Disease (AYBD), White Mat Disease (WMD), White Syndrome (WS), Porites Pink Spot (PPS), and Porites Bleached Patches (PBP). Additionally, it should be noted that this is the first report of SGA in Acropora sp. found in the Persian Gulf. The results of this study generated a baseline dataset of various related diseases in the northern Persian Gulf which can be utilized for future studies.
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