Episode 9: The plight of stony coral tissue disease with Franziska Elmer

As if coral reefs didn’t face enough anthropogenic pressures already, reefs across the world have to deal with a number of environmental pressures too. Amongst these is stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) a novel white plague that infects many species, is highly contagious, and causes rapid mortality. On today's episode of the podcast, we’re joined by Franziska Elmer, to discuss her paper titled: Ecological consequences of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease in the Turks and Caicos Islands. A research fellow at the Center for Marine Resource Studies in South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands. Her research focuses are coral recruitment, stony coral tissue loss disease and the impact of Sargassum beaching events on ecosystems and local communities.