Publications by authors named "Yingzhan Chen"
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- Lots of crown-of-thorns starfish can hurt coral reefs, and we need a way to find out before they get too many.
- Scientists created a special tool called a biosensor that can detect tiny bits of COTS DNA in water, helping to warn us if there's going to be an outbreak.
- This new technology is really good at finding COTS DNA, even in tough conditions, and it has been tested in both aquariums and the ocean to make sure it works well.
Heat stress and coral diseases are the predominant factors causing the degradation of coral reef ecosystems. Over recent years, Vibrio coralliilyticus was identified as a temperature-dependent pathogen causing tissue lysis in Pocillopora damicornis and one of the primary pathogens causing bleaching and mortality in other corals. Yet current detection techniques for V.
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