Thermal Stress and Coral Cover as Drivers of Coral Disease Outbreaks

• John F Bruno ,

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jbruno@unc.edu

  Affiliation Department of Marine Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Elizabeth R Selig,

  Affiliation Curriculum in Ecology and Department of Marine Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Kenneth S Casey,

  Affiliation National Oceanographic Data Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

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• Cathie A Page,

  Affiliation Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

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• Bette L Willis,

  Affiliation Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies, School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

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• C. Drew Harvell,

  Affiliation Section of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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• Hugh Sweatman,

  Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

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• Amy M Melendy

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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