@article {376,
	title = {Effect of temperature on bleaching of the coral Oculina patagonica by Vibrio AK-1},
	journal = {Marine Ecology Progress Series},
	year = {1998},
	abstract = {<p>Laboratory aquaria experiments demonstrated that Vibrio AK-1 caused  rapid and extensive bleaching of Oculina patagonica at 29\&deg;C slower and  less complete bleaching at 25\&deg;C and 2O\&deg;C, and no bleaching at 16\&deg;C. The  effects of temperature on the bacteria-induced bleaching experiments in  aquaria were consistent with the natural bleaching of 0. patagonica in  the Mediterranean Sea. In situ bleaching increased rapidly from late May  to September, following the rise of surface seawater temperature, which  reaches 29\&deg;C in August. During the winter, when the seawater  temperature drops to 16\&deg;C, most of the bleached coral colonies  recovered. Vibrio AK-1 was isolated from all bleached corals examined in  the summer, but could not be isolated from healthy (unbleached) corals  in the summer or from bleached and unbleached corals in the winter. The  mechanism by which increased temperature causes the coral bleaching by  Vibrio AK-1 is at present not clear. The bacteria grow in the laboratory  relatively rapidly at 16\&deg;C (doubling time 2 h), indicating that  bacterial growth is probably not the critical factor. We suggest that  temperature-regulated factors affecting bacterial virulence may play a  role in the bleaching process.</p>},
	keywords = {Ashkelon, Bat Yam, benthos, bleaching, climate change, corail, coral, coral reef, eastern Mediterranean, Hadera, Haifa, Israel, Mediterranean sea, M{\'e}diterran{\'e}e orientale, Oculina patagonica, pathogen, sea water temperature, Tel-Aviv Yafo, temperature, Vibrio sp.},
	author = {E. Rosenberg and A. Kushmaro and M. Fine and Y. Ben Haim and Y. Loya}
}
