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1 The following supplement accompanies the article History of perspectives on the study of coral disease in the eastern tropical Pacific J. C. Rodríguez-Villalobos *, H. Reyes-Bonilla *Corresponding author: jennica13@gmail. com Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 136: 243–253 (2019) Table S1. Summary table of the scientific publications regarding coral and diseases in the Pacific region from 1970 to 2018. Reference Year Place Condition Species Jokiel PL, Coles SL (1977) Effects of temperature on the mortality and growth of Hawaiian reef corals. Mar Biol 43:201–208 1977 Central Pacific Mortality Pocillopora damicornis, Montipora verrucosa, and Fungia scutaria Antonius A (1985) Coral diseases in the Indo-Pacific: A first record. Mar Ecol 6:197–218 1985 Indo Pacific Black band and white band disease Acroporidae and Faviidae families Glynn PW, Peters EC, Muscatine L (1985) Coral tissue microstructure and necrosis: relation to catastrophic coral mortality in Panama. Dis Aquat Organ 1:29–37 1985 Eastern Pacific Mortality Multiple Wilson EC (1990) Mass mortality of the reef coral Pocillopora of the south coast of Baja California Sur, México. Bull So Calif Acad Sci 89:39–41 1990 Eastern Pacific Mortality Pocillopora spp. Riegl B, Velimirov B (1991) How many damaged corals in Red Sea reef systems? A quantitative survey. Hydrobiologia 216:249– 256 1991 Indo Pacific Multiple Multiple Guzman HM, Cortes J (1993) Coral-reefs of the tropical eastern pacific-review and 1993 Eastern Pacific Multiple

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The following supplement accompanies the article

History of perspectives on the study of coral disease in the eastern tropical Pacific

J. C. Rodríguez-Villalobos *, H. Reyes-Bonilla

*Corresponding author: jennica13@gmail. com

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 136: 243–253 (2019)

Table S1. Summary table of the scientific publications regarding coral and diseases in the Pacific region from 1970 to 2018.

Reference Year Place Condition Species

JokielPL,ColesSL(1977)EffectsoftemperatureonthemortalityandgrowthofHawaiianreefcorals.MarBiol43:201–208

1977 Central Pacific Mortality Pocillopora damicornis,

Montipora verrucosa, and

Fungia scutaria

AntoniusA(1985)CoraldiseasesintheIndo-Pacific:Afirstrecord.MarEcol6:197–218

1985 Indo Pacific Black band and white band disease

Acroporidae and Faviidae

families

GlynnPW,PetersEC,MuscatineL(1985)Coraltissuemicrostructureandnecrosis:relationtocatastrophiccoralmortalityinPanama.DisAquatOrgan1:29–37

1985 Eastern Pacific Mortality Multiple

WilsonEC(1990)MassmortalityofthereefcoralPocilloporaofthesouthcoastofBajaCaliforniaSur,México.BullSoCalifAcadSci89:39–41

1990 Eastern Pacific Mortality Pocillopora spp.

RieglB,VelimirovB(1991)HowmanydamagedcoralsinRedSeareefsystems?Aquantitativesurvey.Hydrobiologia216:249–256

1991 Indo Pacific Multiple Multiple

GuzmanHM,CortesJ(1993)Coral-reefsofthetropicaleasternpacific-reviewand

1993 Eastern Pacific Multiple

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perspectives.RevBiolTrop41:535–557

Littler MM, Littler DS (1996) Black band disease in the South Pacific. Coral Reefs 15(1):654–664

1996 South Pacific Black band disease

Massive colonies

KorrubelJL,RieglB(1998)AnewcoraldiseasefromthesouthernArabianGulf.Coralreefs17:22

1998 Indo Pacific Yellow band disease

Acropora clathrata

Garzón-FerreiraJ,PinzónC,JorgeH(1999)RapidassessmentofcoralcommunitystructureandhealthatMalpeloisland(ColombianPacific).BoletínInvestigMaryCosteras-INVEMAR28:137–154

1999 Eastern Pacific Multiple Pocillopora spp.

Garzón-FerreiraJ,PinzónC,JorgeH(1999)RapidassessmentofcoralcommunitystructureandhealthatMalpeloisland(ColombianPacific).BoletínInvestigMaryCosteras-INVEMAR28:137–154

1999 Indo Pacific Skeleton eroding band

Multiple

AebyG(1998)Adigeneanmetacercariafromthereefcoral,Poritescompressa,experimentallyidentifiedasPodocotyloidesstenometra.JParasitol84:1259–1261

1999 Central Pacific Porites trematodiasis

Porites compressa

BarberRT,HiltingAK,HayesML(2001)Thechanginghealthofcoralreefs.HumEcolRiskAssessAnIntJ7:1255–1270

2001 Global Multiple Multiple

FittWK,BrownBE,WarnerME,y,DunneRP(2001)Coralbleaching:interpretationofthermaltolerancelimitsandthermalthresholdsintropicalcorals.CoralReefs20:51–65

2001 Global Bleaching Multiple

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RichmondR,KeltyR,CraigP,EmauroisC,GreenA,BirkelandC,DavisG,EdwardA,GolbuuY,GutierrezJ(2002)StatusofthecoralreefsinMicronesiaandAmericanSamoa:USaffiliatedandfreelyassociatedislandsinthePacific.Statusofcoralreefsoftheworld:217–236

2002 Central Pacific Multiple Multiple

RichmondR,KeltyR,CraigP,EmauroisC,GreenA,BirkelandC,DavisG,EdwardA,GolbuuY,GutierrezJ(2002)StatusofthecoralreefsinMicronesiaandAmericanSamoa:USaffiliatedandfreelyassociatedislandsinthePacific.Statusofcoralreefsoftheworld:217–236

2002 South Pacific Multiple Multiple

RieglB,AntoniusA(2003)Halofolliculinaskeletonerodingband(SEB):acoraldiseasewithfossilizationpotential?CoralReefs22:48

2003 Indo Pacific Skeleton eroding band

Goniastrea retiformis , Acropora spp

RaymundoLJ,HarvellCD,ReynoldsTL(2003)Poritesulcerativewhitespotdisease:description,prevalence,andhostrangeofanewcoraldiseaseaffectingIndo-Pacificreefs.DisAquatOrgan56:95–104

2003 Indo Pacific White spot disease

Porites atenuata

SutherlandKP,PorterJW,TorresC(2004)DiseaseandimmunityinCaribbeanandIndo-Pacificzooxanthellatecorals.MarEcolProgSer266:265–272

2004 Indo Pacific Review Multiple

AebyGS(2005)OutbreakofcoraldiseaseintheNorthwesternHawaiianIslands.CoralReefs24:481

2005 Central Pacific Multiple Multiple

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BrainardR,MaragosJ,SchroederR,KenyonJ,VroomP,GodwinS,HoekeR,AebyG,MoffittR,LammersM(2005)ThestateofcoralreefecosystemsoftheUnitedStatesandPacificFreelyAssociatedStates:338–372.

2005 Central Pacific Multiple Multiple

GlynnPW,FongP(2006)Patternsofreefcoralrecoverybytheregrowthofsurvivingtissuesfollowingthe1997–98ElNiñowarmingand2000,2001upwellingcooleventsinPanamá,easternPacific.In:Proceedingsof10thInternationalCoralReefSymposium.p624–630

2006 Eastern Pacific Multiple Pavona clavus, Pocillopora elegans

KaczmarskyLT(2006)CoraldiseasedynamicsinthecentralPhilippines.DisAquatOrgan69:9–21

2006 Indo Pacific Multiple Porites lutea

PageC,WillisB(2006)Distribution,hostrangeandlarge-scalespatialvariabilityinblackbanddiseaseprevalenceontheGreatBarrierReef,Australia.

2006 West Pacific Black band disease

Multiple, mainly Acropora spp

LiaoM-H,TangS-L,HsuC-M,WenK-C,WuH,ChenW-M,WangJ-T,MengP-J,TwanW-H,LuC-K(2007)The"BlackDisease"ofReef-BuildingCoralsatGreenIsland,Taiwan-OutbreakofaCyanobacteriosponge.Terpioshoshinota(Suberitidae;Hadromerida).ZoolStud46:520

2007 Indo Pacific Black band disease

Montipora efflorescens , Acropora humilis

PratchettMS,SchenkTJ,BaineM,SymsC,BairdAH(2009)SelectivecoralmortalityassociatedwithoutbreaksofAcanthasterplanciL.inBootlessBay,PapuaNew

2007 Indo Pacific Mortality/predation

Multiple

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Guinea.MarEnvironRes67:230–236

WilliamsGJ,AebyGS,DavySK(2008)CoraldiseaseatPalmyraAtoll,aremotereefsystemintheCentralPacific.CoralReefs27:207

2007 Central Pacific Multiple Multiple

WilliamsGJ,AebyGS,DavySK(2008)CoraldiseaseatPalmyraAtoll,aremotereefsystemintheCentralPacific.CoralReefs27:207

2007 Indo Pacific Growth anomalies

Porites lutea, P. lobata

BenzoniF,CalcinaiB,EisingerM,KlausR(2008)Coraldiseasemimic:spongeattacksPoritesluteainYemen.CoralReefs27:695

2008 Indo Pacific Overgrowth Porites lutea

McClanahanT,WeilE,MainaJ(2009)StrongrelationshipbetweencoralbleachingandgrowthanomaliesinmassivePorites.GlobChangBiol15:1804–1816

2008 Indo Pacific Bleaching and growth anomalies

Porites spp.

BakerAC,GlynnPW,RieglB(2008)Climatechangeandcoralreefbleaching:Anecologicalassessmentoflong-termimpacts,recoverytrendsandfutureoutlook.EstuarCoastShelfSci80:435–471

2008 Global Bleaching Multiple

SussmanM,WillisBL,VictorS,BourneDG(2008)CoralpathogensidentifiedforWhiteSyndrome(WS)epizooticsintheIndo-Pacific.PLoSOne3

2008 West Pacific White syndrome Multiple

DanovaroR,BongiorniL,CorinaldesiC,GiovannelliD,DamianiE,AstolfiP,GreciL,PuscedduA(2008)Sunscreenscausecoralbleachingbypromotingviralinfections.EnvironHealthPerspect116:441

2008 Indo Pacific Bleaching Multiple

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RaymundoL,WorkT,BrucknerA,WillisB(2008)Adecisiontreefordescribingcorallesionsinthefield.In:CoralReefTargetedResearchandCapacityBuildingforManagementProgram

2008 Pacific Multiple Multiple

HaapkylaJ,UnsworthRK,SeymourAS,Melbourne-ThomasJ,FlavellM,WillisBL,SmithDJ(2009)Spatio-temporalcoraldiseasedynamicsintheWakatobiMarineNationalPark,South-EastSulawesi,Indonesia.DisAquatOrgan87:105–115

2009 Indo Pacific Multiple Multiple

KaczmarskyLT(2009)CharacterizationsofthemajorcoraldiseasesofthePhilippines:UlcerativewhitespotdiseaseandnovelgrowthanomaliesofPorites.

2009 Indo Pacific Ulcerative white spot disease, growth anomalies

Porites

PageCA,BakerDM,HarvellCD,GolbuuY,RaymundoL,NealeSJ,RosellKB,RypienKL,AndrasJP,WillisBL(2009)Influenceofmarinereservesoncoraldiseaseprevalence.DisAquatOrgan87:135–150.

2009 Indo Pacific Multiple Multiple

Vargas-AngelB(2009)CoralhealthanddiseaseassessmentintheUSPacificremoteislandareas.BullMarSci84:211–227

2009 Central Pacific Multiple Multiple

Navas-CamachoR,Rodríguez-RamírezA,Reyes-NiviaMC(2010)AgentsofcoralmortalityonreefformationsoftheColombianPacific.RevBiolTrop58:133–138

2009 Eastern Pacific Multiple Pocillopora spp.

PalmerCV,GatesRD(2010)SkeletalerodingbandinHawaiiancorals.CoralReefs29:469–469.

2010 Central Pacific Skeleton eroding base

Montipora capitata, Pocillopora spp.

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AebyGS,RossM,WilliamsGJ,LewisTD,WorkTM(2010)DiseasedynamicsofMontiporawhitesyndromewithinKaneoheBay,Oahu,Hawaii:distribution,seasonality,virulence,andtransmissibility.DisAquatOrgan91:1–8

2010 Central Pacific White syndrome Montipora capitata

ArboledaMDM,ReichardtWT(2010)Vibriosp.causingPoritesulcerativewhitespotdisease.DisAquatOrgan90:93–104

2010 Indo Pacific White spot disease

Porites cylindrica

WilliamsG,AebyGS,CowieROM,DavySK(2010)Predictivemodelingofcoraldiseasedistributionwithinareefsystem.PLoSOne,2010,vol.5,no2,p.e9264.

2010 Central Pacific Multiple Porites compressa, Montipora capitata

LunaGM,BongiorniL,GiliC,BiavascoF,DanovaroR(2010)VibrioharveyiasacausativeagentoftheWhiteSyndromeintropicalstonycorals.EnvironMicrobiolRep2:120–127.

2010 Indo Pacific White syndrome Pocillopora damicornis

DaltonSJ,GodwinS,SmithSDA,PeregL(2010)Australiansubtropicalwhitesyndrome:atransmissible,temperature-dependentcoraldisease.MarFreshwRes61:342–350

2010 West Pacific White syndrome Turbinaria mesenterina

PillaiCSG(2010)AreviewofthestatusofcoralsandcoralreefsofIndia.IndianJAnimSci80:53–56

2010 Indo Pacific Multiple Multiple

SánchezJA,GómezCE,EscobarD,DueñasLF(2011)Diversidad,abundanciayamenazasdelosoctocoralesdelaislaMalpelo,PacíficoOrientalTropical,Colombia.

2011 Eastern Pacific Multiple Multiple

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VinuezaHidalgoGS(2011)EstadodesaluddecomunidadesdecoralenPuntaPittyBahíaRosaBlanca,IslasGalápagos.

2011 Eastern Pacific Bleaching and others

Multiple

WilliamsGJ,KnappIS,WorkTM,ConklinEJ(2011)OutbreakofAcroporawhitesyndromefollowingamildbleachingeventatPalmyraAtoll,NorthernLineIslands,CentralPacific.CoralReefs30:621

2011 Central Pacific White syndrome Acropora spp.

BurnsJHR,TakabayashiM(2011)Histopathologyofgrowthanomalyaffectingthecoral,Montiporacapitata:implicationsonbiologicalfunctionsandpopulationviability.PLoSOne6:e28854

2011 Central Pacific Growth anomalies

Montipora capitata

RoffG,KvenneforsECE,FineM,OrtizJ,DavyJE,Hoegh-GuldbergO(2011)TheEcologyof‘AcroporidWhiteSyndrome’’,aCoralDiseasefromtheSouthernGreatBarrierReef’(RKFUnsworth,Ed.).PLoSOne6:e26829.

2011 West Pacific White syndrome Acropora cytherea, A. hyacinthus, A. clathrata

PalmerCV,BythellJC,WillisBL(2011)AcomparativestudyofphenoloxidaseactivityindiseasedandbleachedcoloniesofthecoralAcroporamillepora.DevCompImmunol35:1098–1101

2011 Indo Pacific Bleaching and white syndrome

Acropora millepora

BurnsJHR,RozetNK,TakabayashiM(2011)Morphology,severity,anddistributionofgrowthanomaliesinthecoral,Montiporacapitata,atWai‘ōpae,Hawai‘i.Coralreefs30:819–826

2011 Central Pacific Growth anomalies

Montipora capitata

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IrikawaA,CasaretoBE,SuzukiY,AgostiniS,HidakaM,WoesikRvan(2011)GrowthanomaliesonAcroporacythereacorals.MarPollutBull62:1702–1707

2011 West Pacific Growth anomalies

Acropora cytherea

WorkTM,AebyGS(2011)Pathologyoftissueloss(whitesyndrome)inAcroporasp.coralsfromtheCentralPacific.JInvertebrPathol107:127–131

2011 Central Pacific White syndrome Acropora spp

MaynardJA,AnthonyKRN,HarvellCD,BurgmanMA,BeedenR,SweatmanH,HeronSF,LambJB,WillisBL(2011)Predictingoutbreaksofaclimate-drivencoraldiseaseintheGreatBarrierReef.CoralReefs30:485–495.

2011 West Pacific White syndrome Multiple

AebyGS,WilliamsGJ,FranklinEC,KenyonJ,CoxEF,ColesS,WorkTM(2011)PatternsofCoralDiseaseacrosstheHawaiianArchipelago:RelatingDiseasetoEnvironment.PLoSOne6:1–13

2011 Central Pacific Multiple Multiple

AebyGS,WilliamsGJ,FranklinEC,HaapkylaJ,HarvellCD,NealeS,PageCA,RaymundoL,Vargas-ÁngelB,WillisBL,WorkTM,DavySK(2011)GrowthAnomaliesontheCoralGeneraAcroporaandPoritesAreStronglyAssociatedwithHostDensityandHumanPopulationSizeacrosstheIndo-Pacific.PLoSOne6:e16887

2011 Indo Pacific Growth anomalies

Multiple

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OntonK,PageCA,WilsonSK,NealeS,ArmstrongS(2011)DistributionanddriversofcoraldiseaseatNingalooreef,IndianOcean.MarEcolProgSer433:75–84

2011 West Pacific Multiple Multiple

VeraM,BanksS(2009)HealthstatusofthecoralcommunitiesofthenorthernGalápagosIslandsDarwin,WolfandMarchena.GalapagosRes66:65–74

2011 Eastern Pacific Multiple Multiple

GlynnPW(2011)Intandemreefcoralandcrypticmetazoandeclinesandextinctions.BullMarSci87:767–794

2011 Varied Multiple Multiple

PollockFJ,KatzSM,BourneDG,WillisBL(2012)Cymomelanodactyluscrabsslowprogressionofwhitesyndromelesionsoncorals.CoralReefs32:43–48

2012 West Pacific White syndrome Acropora hyacinthus

UshijimaB,SmithA,AebyGS,CallahanSM(2012)VibrioowensiiinducesthetissuelossdiseaseMontiporawhitesyndromeintheHawaiianreefcoralMontiporacapitata

2012 Central Pacific White syndrome Montipora capitata

YasudaN,HidakaM(2012)CellularkineticsingrowthanomaliesofthescleractiniancoralsPoritesaustraliensisandMontiporainformis.DisAquatOrgan102:1–11

2012 Growth anomalies

Porites australiensis, Montipora informis

SudekM,WorkTM,AebyGS,DavySK(2012)HistologicalobservationsintheHawaiianreefcoral,Poritescompressa,affectedbyPoritesbleachingwithtissueloss.JInvertebrPathol111:121–125

2012 Central Pacific Bleaching Porites spp.

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PalmerCV,BythellJC,WillisBL(2012)EnzymeactivitydemonstratesmultiplepathwaysofinnateimmunityinIndo-Pacificanthozoans.ProcRSocLondonBBiolSci:rspb20112487

2012 West Pacific Multiple Multiple

GodwinS,BentE,BornemanJ,PeregL(2012)Theroleofcoral-associatedbacterialcommunitiesinAustraliansubtropicalwhitesyndromeofTurbinariamesenterina.PLoSOne7:e44243

2012 West Pacific White syndrome Turbinaria mesenterina

WangJ-T,HiroseE,HsuC-M,ChenY-Y,MengP-J,ChenCA(2012)Acoral-killingsponge,Terpioshoshinota,releaseslarvaeharboringcyanobacterialsymbionts:animplicationofdispersal.ZoolStud51:314–320

2012 Indo Pacific Overgrowth

WilsonB,AebyGS,WorkTM,BourneDG(2012)BacterialcommunitiesassociatedwithhealthyandAcroporawhitesyndrome-affectedcoralsfromAmericanSamoa.FEMSMicrobiolEcol80:509–520

2012 Indo Pacific White syndrome Acropora spp.

WeilE,IrikawaA,CasaretoB,SuzukiY(2012)ExtendedgeographicdistributionofseveralIndo-Pacificcoralreefdiseases.DisAquatOrgan98:163–170

2012 West Pacific Multiple Multiple

ChiuJMY,LiS,LiA,PoB,ZhangR,ShinPKS,QiuJ-W(2012)BacteriaassociatedwithskeletaltissuegrowthanomaliesinthecoralPlatygyracarnosus.FEMSMicrobiolEcol79:380–391

2012 Indo Pacific Growth anomalies

Platigyra carnosus

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YasudaN,NakanoY,YamashiroH,HidakaM(2012)SkeletalstructureandprogressionofgrowthanomaliesinPoritesaustraliensisinOkinawa,Japan.DisAquatOrgan97:237–247

2012 West Pacific Growth anomalies

Porites australiensis

ShiQ,LiuGH,YanHQ,ZhangHL(2012)Blackdisease(Terpioshoshinota):aprobablecausefortherapidcoralmortalityatthenorthernreefofYongxingIslandintheSouthChinaSea.Ambio41:446–455.

2012 Black band disease

RieglBM,BrucknerAW,Samimi-NaminK,PurkisSJ(2012)Diseases,harmfulalgaeblooms(HABs)andtheireffectsonGulfcoralpopulationsandcommunities.In:CoralReefsoftheGulf.Springer,p107–125

2012 Indo Pacific Multiple Multiple

WilliamsGJ(2013)ContrastingrecoveryfollowingremovalofgrowthanomaliesinthecoralsAcroporaandMontipora.DisAquatOrgan106:181–185

2013 Central Pacific Growth anomalies

Acropora acuminata, Montipora efflorescens

ZhenyuX,ShaowenK,ChaoqunH,ZhixiongZ,ShifengW,YongcanZ(2013)Firstcharacterizationofbacterialpathogen,Vibrioalginolyticus,forPoritesandrewsiwhitesyndromeintheSouthChinaSea.PLoSOne8:e75425

2013 West Pacific White syndrome Porites andrewsi

HaapkyläJ,Melbourne-ThomasJ,FlavellM,WillisBL(2013)Diseaseoutbreaks,bleachingandacyclonedrivechangesincoralassemblagesonaninshorereefoftheGreatBarrierReef.CoralReefs32:815–824

2013 West Pacific Multiple Multiple

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BurnsJHR,GreggTM,TakabayashiM(2013)DoescoraldiseaseaffectSymbiodinium?investigatingtheimpactsofgrowthanomalyonsymbiontphotophysiology.PLoSOne8:e72466

2013 Central Pacific Growth anomalies

Montipora capitata

SpiesNP,TakabayashiM(2013)ExpressionofgalaxinandoncogenehomologsingrowthanomalyinthecoralMontiporacapitata.DisAquatOrgan104:249–256

2013 Central Pacific Growth anomalies

Montipora capitata

NicoletKJ,HoogenboomMO,GardinerNM,PratchettMS,WillisBL(2013)ThecorallivorousinvertebrateDrupellaaidsintransmissionofbrownbanddiseaseontheGreatBarrierReef.CoralReefs32:585–595

2013 West Pacific Brown band disease

Acropora muricata

ThineshT,RajKD,MathewsG,EdwardJKP(2013)CoraldiseasesaremajorcontributorstocoralmortalityinShingleIsland,GulfofMannar,southeasternIndia.DisAquatOrgan106:69–77

2013 India Multiple Multiple

ApprillA,HughenK,MincerT(2013)MajorsimilaritiesinthebacterialcommunitiesassociatedwithlesionedandhealthyFungiidaecorals.EnvironMicrobiol15:2063–2072

2013 Red Sea Yellow band disease

Fungiidae

Rodríguez-VillalobosJC,Rocha-OlivaresA,WorkTM,Calderon-AguileraLE,Cáceres-MartínezJA(2014)GrossandmicroscopicpathologyoflesionsinPocilloporaspp.fromthesubtropicaleasternPacific.JInvertebrPathol120:9–17

2014 Eastern Pacific Multiple Pocillopora spp.

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WorkTM,MeteyerC(2014)Tounderstandcoraldisease,lookatcoralcells.Ecohealth11:610–618.

2014 Varied Multiple Multiple

CouchCS,GarriquesJD,BarnettC,PreskittL,CottonS,GiddensJ,WalshW(2014)SpatialandtemporalpatternsofcoralhealthanddiseasealongleewardHawai’iIsland.CoralReefs33:693–704

2014 Central Pacific Multiple Multiple

PollockFJ,LambJB,FieldSN,HeronSF,SchaffelkeB,ShedrawiG,BourneDG,WillisBL(2014)SedimentandTurbidityAssociatedwithOffshoreDredgingIncreaseCoralDiseasePrevalenceonNearbyReefs.PLoSOne9:e102498

2014 West Pacific Multiple Multiple

WorkTM,AebyGS,LasneG,TribolletA(2014)GrossandmicroscopicpathologyofhardandsoftcoralsinNewCaledonia.JInvertebrPathol120:50–58

2014 Eastern Pacific Multiple Multiple

UshijimaB,VideauP,BurgerAH,Shore-MaggioA,RunyonCM,SudekM,AebyGS,CallahanSM(2014)VibriocoralliilyticusStrainOCN008IsanEtiologicalAgentofAcuteMontiporaWhiteSyndrome.ApplEnvironMicrobiol80:2102–2109

2014 Central Pacific White syndrome Montipora capitata

PollockFJ,Wood-CharlsonEM,OppenMJHvan,BourneDG,WillisBL,WeynbergKD(2014)Abundanceandmorphologyofvirus-likeparticlesassociatedwiththecoralAcroporahyacinthusdifferbetweenhealthyandwhitesyndrome-infectedstates.MarEcolProgSer510:39–43

2014 West Pacific White syndrome Acropora hyacinthus

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PollockFJ,Wood-CharlsonEM,OppenMJHvan,BourneDG,WillisBL,WeynbergKD(2014)Abundanceandmorphologyofvirus-likeparticlesassociatedwiththecoralAcroporahyacinthusdifferbetweenhealthyandwhitesyndrome-infectedstates.MarEcolProgSer510:39–43

2014 Indo Pacific White syndrome Porites lutea

SabdonoA,RadjasaOK,TriantoA,WijayantiDP,PringgeniesD(2014)AnearlyevaluationofcoraldiseaseprevalenceonPanjangisland,JavaSea,Indonesia.IntJZoolRes10:20

2014 Indo Pacific Multiple Multiple

AinsworthTD,KnackB,UkaniL,SenecaF,WeissY,LeggatW(2015)Insituhybridisationdetectspro-apoptoticgeneexpressionofaBcl-2familymemberinwhitesyndrome-affectedcoral.DisAquatOrgan117:155–163

2015 West Pacific White syndrome Acropora hyacinthus

WeynbergKD,VoolstraCR,NeaveMJ,BuergerP,OppenMJHVan(2015)Fromcholeratocorals:virusesasdriversofvirulenceinamajorcoralbacterialpathogen.SciRep5:17889.

2015 Varied Bleaching and white syndrome

Multiple

NgJCY,ChanY,TunHM,LeungFCC,ShinPKS,ChiuJMY(2015)PyrosequencingofthebacteriaassociatedwithPlatygyracarnosuscoralswithskeletalgrowthanomaliesrevealsdifferencesinbacterialcommunitycompositioninapparentlyhealthyanddiseasedtissues.FrontMicrobiol6:1142

2015 Indo Pacific Growth anomalies

Platygyra camosus

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Rodriguez-VillalobosJC,WorkTM,Calderon-AguileraLE,Reyes-BonillaH,HernándezL(2015)ExplainedandunexplainedtissuelossincoralsfromtheTropicalEasternPacific.DisAquatOrgan116:121–131

2015 Eastern Pacific White syndrome Pocillopora

MillerAW,RichardsonLL(2014)Emergingcoraldiseases:atemperature-drivenprocess?MarEcol:1–14

2015 Varied Multiple Multiple

BahrKD,JokielPL,RodgersKS(2015)The2014coralbleachingandfreshwaterfloodeventsinKāneʻoheBay,Hawaiʻi.PeerJ3:e1136.

2015 Central Pacific Bleaching, mortality

Multiple

HobbsJPA,FrischAJ,NewmanSJ,WakefieldCB(2015)Selectiveimpactofdiseaseoncoralcommunities:Outbreakofwhitesyndromecausessignificanttotalmortalityofacroporaplatecorals.PLoSOne10:1–15

2015 Indo Pacific White syndrome Acropora

Lozada-MisaP,KerrA,RaymundoL(2015)ContrastingLesionDynamicsofWhiteSyndromeamongthescleractiniancoralsPoritesspp.PLoSOne10

2015 Central Pacific White syndrome Porites spp.

PollockFJ,KredietCJ,GarrenM,StockerR,WinnK,WilsonB,Huete-StaufferC,WillisBL,BourneDG(2015)Visualizationofcoralhost–pathogeninteractionsusingastableGFP-labeledVibriocoralliilyticusstrain.CoralReefs34:655–662

2015 West Pacific White syndrome Montipora aequituberculata

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WrightRM,AglyamovaGV,MeyerE,MatzMV(2015)Geneexpressionassociatedwithwhitesyndromesinareefbuildingcoral,Acroporahyacinthus.BMCGenomics16:371

2015 South Pacific White syndrome Acropora hyacinthus

AebyGS,WorkTM,RunyonCM,Shore-MaggioA,UshijimaB,VideauP,BeurmannS,CallahanSM(2015)FirstRecordofBlackBandDiseaseintheHawaiianArchipelago:Response,OutbreakStatus,Virulence,andaMethodofTreatment.PLoSOne10:e0120853.

2015 Central Pacific Black band disease

Montipora spp.

BourneDG,AinsworthTD,PollockFJ,WillisBL(2015)TowardsabetterunderstandingofwhitesyndromesandtheircausesonIndo-Pacificcoralreefs.CoralReefs34:233–242

2015 Indo Pacific White syndrome Multiple

SudekM,WilliamsGJ,RunyonC,AebyGS,DavySK(2015)DiseasedynamicsofPoritesbleachingwithtissueloss:prevalence,virulence,transmission,andenvironmentaldrivers.DisAquatOrgan113:59–68

2015 Central Pacific Bleaching Porites compressa

ArotskerL,Kramarsky-WinterE,Ben-DovE,SiboniN,KushmaroA(2015)ChangesinthebacterialcommunityassociatedwithblackbanddiseaseinaRedSeacoral,Faviasp.,inrelationtodiseasephases.DisAquatOrgan116:47–58

2015 Indo Pacific Black band disease

Favia sp.

WorkTM,AebyGS,HughenKA(2015)GrossandmicroscopiclesionsincoralsfromMicronesia.VetPathol:0300985815571669

2015 Central Pacific Multiple Multiple

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AebyGS,CallahanS,CoxEF,RunyonC,SmithA,StantonFG,UshijimaB,WorkTM(2016)EmergingcoraldiseasesinKāne‘oheBay,O‘ahu,Hawai‘i(USA):twomajordiseaseoutbreaksofacuteMontiporawhitesyndrome.DisAquatOrgan119:189–198

2016 Central Pacific White syndrome Montipora spp.

RaymundoLJ,WorkTM,MillerRL,Lozada-MisaPL(2016)EffectsofCoralliophilaviolaceaontissuelossinthescleractiniancoralsPoritesspp.dependonhostresponse.DisAquatOrgan119:75–83

2016 Predation, white syndrome

Porites spp.

Rodríguez-VillalobosJC,Ayala-BocosA,HernándezL(2015)PredationbyEpidendriumbilleeanumonTubastreacoccinea:useofthedenudedskeletonforlayingeggs.CoralReefs:1

2016 Eastern Pacific Predation Tubastre coccinea

UshijimaB,VideauP,PoscabloD,StengelJW,BeurmannS,BurgerAH,AebyGS,CallahanSM(2016)MutationofthetoxRormshAgenesfromVibriocoralliilyticusstrainOCN014reducesinfectionofthecoralAcroporacytherea.EnvironMicrobiol18:4055–4067

2016 Central Pacific White syndrome Acropora cytherea

PontiM,FratangeliF,DondiN,ReinachMS,SerraC,SweetMJ(2016)BaselinereefhealthsurveysatBangkaIsland(NorthSulawesi,Indonesia)revealnewthreats.PeerJ4:e2614

2016 Indo Pacific Multiple Multiple

BrownEK,McKennaSA,BeaversSC,ClarkT,GawelM,RaikowDF(2016)InformingcoralreefmanagementdecisionsatfourUSNationalParksin

2016 Central Pacific Multiple Multiple

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thePacificusinglong-termmonitoringdata.Ecosphere7

BurnsJHR,AlexandrovT,OvchinnikovaE,GatesRD,TakabayashiM(2016)InvestigatingthespatialdistributionofgrowthanomaliesaffectingMontiporacapitatacoralsina3-dimensionalframework.JInvertebrPathol140:51–57

2016 Central Pacific Growth anomalies

Montipora capitata

Rodríguez-VillalobosJC,WorkTM,Calderon-AguileraLE(2016)WoundrepairinPocillopora.JInvertebrPathol139:1–5

2016 Eastern Pacific White syndrome Pocillopora spp.

MontanoS,GiorgiA,MontiM,SevesoD,GalliP(2016)SpatialvariabilityindistributionandprevalenceofskeletalerodingbandandbrownbanddiseaseinFaafuAtoll,Maldives.BiodiversConserv25:1625–1636

2016 Indo Pacific Skeleton eroding base

Multiple

SweetMJ,SéréMG(2016)Ciliatecommunitiesconsistentlyassociatedwithcoraldiseases.JSeaRes113:119–131

2016 Eastern and West Pacific

Multiple Multiple

RoffG(2016)EarliestrecordofacoraldiseasefromtheIndo-Pacific?CoralReefs35:457

2016 Indo Pacific Black band disease

Multiple

YoshiokaRM,KimCJS,TracyAM,MostR,HarvellCD(2016)LinkingsewagepollutionandwaterqualitytospatialpatternsofPoriteslobatagrowthanomaliesinPuako,Hawaii.MarPollutBull104:313–321

2016 Central Pacific Growth anomalies

Porites lobata

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AebyG,TribolletA,LasneG,WorkT(2016)AssessingthreatsfromcoralandcrustosecorallinealgaediseaseonthereefsofNewCaledonia.MarFreshwRes67:455–465

2016 South Pacific Multiple Multiple

RouzéH,LecellierG,SaulnierD,Berteaux-LecellierV(2016)SymbiodiniumcladesAandDdifferentiallypredisposeAcroporacythereatodiseaseandVibriospp.colonization.EcolEvol6:560–572

2016 South Pacific Multiple Acropora cytherea

HussainA,DeK,ThomasL,NageshR,MoteS,IngoleB(2016)Prevalenceofskeletaltissuegrowthanomaliesinascleractiniancoral:TurbinariamesenterinaofMalvanMarineSanctuary,easternArabianSea.DisAquatOrgan121:79–83

2016 Indo Pacific Growth anomalies

Turbinaria mesenterina

ZhangY,SunJ,MuH,LunJCY,QiuJ-W(2017)MolecularpathologyofskeletalgrowthanomaliesinthebraincoralPlatygyracarnosa:Ameta-transcriptomicanalysis.MarPollutBull124:660–667

2017 Growth anomalies

Platygyra carnosa

PollockFJ,WadaN,TordaG,WillisBL,BourneDG(2017)Whitesyndrome-affectedcoralshaveadistinctmicrobiomeatdiseaselesionfronts.ApplEnvironMicrobiol83

2017 West Pacific White syndrome Acropora spp.

MeraH,BourneDG(2018)Disentanglingcausation:complexrolesofcoral-associatedmicroorganismsindisease.EnvironMicrobiol20:431–449

2018 Multiple Multiple

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WadaN,OhderaA,ManoN(2018)CoralDiseaseinJapan.In:CoralReefStudiesofJapan.Springer,p41–62

2018 West Pacific Multiple Multiple

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Table S2. Coral diseases studies from coral reefs of the eastern tropical Pacific since 1970. Disease/condition

Species Etiological agent

Site Year Methods Reference

White plague disease

Porites lobata

Not known

Malpelo 1999 Field observations

Garzón-Ferreira, J., Pinzón, C., & Jorge, H. (1999). Rapid assessment of coral community structure and health at Malpelo island (Colombian Pacific). Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras-INVEMAR, 28(1), 137-154.

Pavona gigantea

Not known

Gorgona

2003-2004

Field observations

Pavona clavus, Porites lobata, Psammocora superficialis

Not known

San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos, Ecuador

2005-2007

Field observations

Vinueza Hidalgo, G. S. (2011). Estado de salud de comunidades de coral en Punta Pitt y Bahía Rosa Blanca, Islas Galápagos (Bachelor's thesis, Quito: USFQ, 2011).

White band disease

Pocillopora spp.

Not known

Malpelo 1999 Field observations

Navas-Camacho, R., Rodríguez-Ramírez, A., & Reyes-Nivia, M. C. (2010). Agents of coral mortality on reef formations of the Colombian Pacific. Revista de Biología Tropical, 58(1), 133–138.

Not known

Malpelo 2003-2004

Field observations

Navas-Camacho, R., Rodríguez-Ramírez, A., & Reyes-Nivia, M. C. (2010). Agents of coral mortality on reef formations of the Colombian Pacific. Revista de Biología Tropical, 58(1), 133–138.

Pocillopora damicornis

Not known

Malpelo 2003-2004

Field observations

Navas-Camacho, R., Rodríguez-Ramírez, A., & Reyes-Nivia, M. C. (2010). Agents

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of coral mortality on reef formations of the Colombian Pacific. Revista de Biología Tropical, 58(1), 133–138.

Pocillopora eydouxi

Not known

San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos, Ecuador

2005-2007

Field observations

Vinueza Hidalgo, G. S. (2011). Estado de salud de comunidades de coral en Punta Pitt y Bahía Rosa Blanca, Islas Galápagos (Bachelor's thesis, Quito: USFQ, 2011).

Bacterial bleaching

Pocillopora spp.

Not known

Gorgona, Colombia

2003-2004

Field observations

Navas-Camacho, R., Rodríguez-Ramírez, A., & Reyes-Nivia, M. C. (2010). Agents of coral mortality on reef formations of the Colombian Pacific. Revista de Biología Tropical, 58(1), 133–138.

Growth anomalies

Pavona gigantea and Gardinoserosis planulata

Coral response against stress produced by algal territories of Stegastes spp

Gorgona, Colombia

2003-2004

Field observations

Navas-Camacho, R., Rodríguez-Ramírez, A., & Reyes-Nivia, M. C. (2010). Agents of coral mortality on reef formations of the Colombian Pacific. Revista de Biología Tropical, 58(1), 133–138.

Pavona clavus

Not known

Darwin, Wolf and Marchena Islands, Ecuador

2005-2007

Field observations

Vera M, Banks S (2009) Health status of the coral communities of the northern Galápagos Islands Darwin, Wolf and Marchena. Galápagos Res 66:65–74

Porites lobata

Not known

Darwin, Wolf and Marchena Islands, Ecuador

2005-2007

Field observations

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Aspergillosis Pacifigorgia sp.

Aspergillus (?)

Utría, Colombia

2003-2004

Field observations

Navas-Camacho, R., Rodríguez-Ramírez, A., & Reyes-Nivia, M. C. (2010). Agents of coral mortality on reef formations of the Colombian Pacific. Revista de Biología Tropical, 58(1), 133–138.

Bleaching P. damicornis, P. capitata, Pavona gigantea and Psammocora stellata

El Niño (1997-1998)

Utría, Malpelo, Gorgona, Colombia

Field observations

Millepora intricata, Gardineseroris planulata, Pavona clavus, P. gigantea, P. varians, Porites lobata, P. panamensis, Psammocora stellata, Pocillopora elegans, P. damicornis

El Niño (1983)

Panamá 1983 Histopathology and field transplantation

Glynn, P. W., Peters, E. C., & Muscatine, L. (1985). Coral tissue microstructure and necrosis: relation to catastrophic coral mortality in Panama. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 1, 29–37.

Morality Pocillopora spp.

Not known. Presumed sedimentation

México, Baja California Sur

1989 Field observations

Wilson, E. C. (1990). Mass mortality of the reef coral Pocillopora of the south coast of Baja California Sur, México. Bull. So. Calif. Acad. Sci., 89, 39–41.

Pavona clavus, P. varians, Pocillopora capitata, P. eydouxi, Porites lobata, Tubastrea coccinea

Not known

Malpelo, Colombia

1999 Field observations

Garzón-Ferreira, J., Pinzón, C., & Jorge, H. (1999). Rapid assessment of coral community structure and health at Malpelo island (Colombian Pacific). Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras-INVEMAR, 28(1), 137-154.

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Tubastrea coccinea

Epidendrium billeanum

Nicaragua

2015 Field observations

Rodríguez-Villalobos, J. C., Ayala-Bocos, A., & Hernández, L. (2016). Predation by Epidendrium billeeanum on Tubastrea coccinea: use of the denuded skeleton for laying eggs. Coral Reefs, 35(1), 271-271.

Tissue loss Pocillopora sp.

Not known, and different predators

Oaxaca, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Baja California Sur, México

2010-2015

Field observations and histopathology

Rodríguez-Villalobos, J. C., Rocha-Olivares, A., Work, T. M., Calderon-Aguilera, L. E., & Cáceres-Martínez, J. A. (2014). Gross and microscopic pathology of lesions in Pocillopora spp. from the subtropical eastern Pacific. Journal of invertebrate pathology, 120, 9-17. Rodríguez-Villalobos, J. C., Work, T. M., Calderon-Aguilera, L. E., Reyes-Bonilla, H., & Hernández, L. (2015). Explained and unexplained tissue loss in corals from the Tropical Eastern Pacific. Diseases of aquatic organisms, 116(2), 121-131.

Leptogorgia alba and Pacifigorgia cf. lacerata

Fungi, presumed

Malpelo, Colombia

2009-2010

Field observations

Sánchez, J. A., Gómez, C. E., Escobar, D., & Dueñas, L. F. (2011). Diversidad, abundancia y

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amenazas de los octocorales de la isla Malpelo, Pacífico Oriental Tropical, Colombia.

Porites lobata

Not known

San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos, Ecuador

2009-2010

Field observations

Vinueza Hidalgo, G. S. (2011). Estado de salud de comunidades de coral en Punta Pitt y Bahía Rosa Blanca, Islas Galápagos (Bachelor's thesis, Quito: USFQ, 2011).

Trematodiasis Porites lobata

Not known

Darwin, Wolf and Marchena Islands, Ecuador

2005-2007

Field observations

Vera M, Banks S (2009) Health status of the coral communities of the northern Galápagos Islands Darwin, Wolf and Marchena. Galápagos Res 66:65–74

Pavona clavus, Psammocora stellata

Not known

San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos, Ecuador

2009-2010

Field observations

Vinueza Hidalgo, G. S. (2011). Estado de salud de comunidades de coral en Punta Pitt y Bahía Rosa Blanca, Islas Galápagos (Bachelor's thesis, Quito: USFQ, 2011).

Discoloration tissue thinning syndrome

Porites lobata

Not known

San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos, Ecuador

2009-2010

Field observations

Vinueza Hidalgo, G. S. (2011). Estado de salud de comunidades de coral en Punta Pitt y Bahía Rosa Blanca, Islas Galápagos (Bachelor's thesis, Quito: USFQ, 2011).

Pavona clavus

Not known

San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos, Ecuador

2009-2010

Field observations

Vinueza Hidalgo, G. S. (2011). Estado de salud de comunidades de coral en Punta Pitt y Bahía Rosa Blanca, Islas Galápagos (Bachelor's thesis, Quito: USFQ, 2011).

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Yellow spot P. clavus and P. gigantea

Not known

San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos, Ecuador

2009-2010

Field observations

Vinueza Hidalgo, G. S. (2011). Estado de salud de comunidades de coral en Punta Pitt y Bahía Rosa Blanca, Islas Galápagos (Bachelor's thesis, Quito: USFQ, 2011).

Uncharacterized disease (Uncharacterized abnormal conditions)

Pavona clavus, P. gigantea, P. varians, Pocillopora effusus, Porites lobata

Not known

Darwin, Wolf and Marchena Islands, Ecuador

2005-2007

Field observations

Vera M, Banks S (2009) Health status of the coral communities of the northern Galápagos Islands Darwin, Wolf and Marchena. Galápagos Res 66:65–74

Pavona clavus, Pavona gigantea, Pocillopora capitata, Pocillopora inflata, Pocillopora eydouxi

Not known

San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos, Ecuador

2009-2010

Field observations

Vinueza Hidalgo, G. S. (2011). Estado de salud de comunidades de coral en Punta Pitt y Bahía Rosa Blanca, Islas Galápagos (Bachelor's thesis, Quito: USFQ, 2011).

Dark spot P. clavus and P. gigantea, Psammocora cf. superficialis

Not known

San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos, Ecuador

2009-2010

Field observations

Vinueza Hidalgo, G. S. (2011). Estado de salud de comunidades de coral en Punta Pitt y Bahía Rosa Blanca, Islas Galápagos (Bachelor's thesis, Quito: USFQ, 2011).

Discoloration Pocillopora spp.

Not known

Oaxaca, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima

2010 Field observations and histopathology

Rodríguez-Villalobos, J. C., Rocha-Olivares, A., Work, T. M., Calderon-Aguilera, L. E., & Cáceres-Martínez, J. A. (2014). Gross and microscopic pathology of lesions in Pocillopora spp. from the subtropical eastern

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Pacific. Journal of invertebrate pathology, 120, 9-17.

Overgrowth Pocillopora spp.

Algae, sponges

Oaxaca, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima

2010 Field observations and histopathology

Rodríguez-Villalobos, J. C., Rocha-Olivares, A., Work, T. M., Calderon-Aguilera, L. E., & Cáceres-Martínez, J. A. (2014). Gross and microscopic pathology of lesions in Pocillopora spp. from the subtropical eastern Pacific. Journal of invertebrate pathology, 120, 9-17.