Global Coral Disease Database

UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre

"The GCDD is the result of a collaboration between UNEP-WCMC and NOAA NMFS. The project aims to collate information on the global distribution of coral diseases, in order to contribute to the understanding of coral disease prevalence. The GCDD is a compilation of information from scientific literature gathered before 2007 (archive data), as well as new contributions from users. The content of the database is being continually updated by users, creating a sustainable platform for the dissemination of coral disease data. The first version of the GCDD was launched in 2000 and was populated with some 2000 points of data from 155 references, mostly peer reviewed scientific literature. This initial data set was heavily biased to the Western Atlantic Ocean. Since 2000, the amount of research focusing on coral disease worldwide has grown exponentially. The GCDD was therefore reassessed in 2009 in light of information needs and priorities of researchers, practitioners and managers working with coral disease around the world. The new site was launched in 2010, and is a user-driven, publicly accessible web portal that allows users to view and share coral disease data, as well as access information about coral diseases and disease identification, and coral disease monitoring best-practices. The new-look GCDD contains both the archive data of the old database, and a growing number of data contributions from users around the world. "

CRCP Project ID 1158; Project Title: Global Coral Disease Database; Principal Investigator: Andy Bruckner