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Scientists race to save Florida coral reef from mysterious disease / V000_9NP7Y2
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Biologists at the Florida Coral Rescue Center in Orlando have recreated the coral reef habitat found in the waters off the southern tip of the state to save corals from the stony coral tissue loss disease, or SCTLD, which has killed about half of stony coral species. "Once a colony has been infected, it kills 90 to 100 percent of stony coral tissue, so it’s just been an incredibly devastating event and disease for the animals," says Michelle Ashton, the communications director for the Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES