Purpose:TodemonstrateanunderstandingoftheecologicalcharacteristicsoftheS.Floridareefsystemsandofthenativespeciesthattheysupport.TodemonstrateanunderstandingoftheenvironmentalthreatposedbytheStonyCoralTissueLossDisease.Goal:TostimulatereflectionontheaspectsoftheS.FloridareefsystemsandofthespeciestheysupportthatoneismostintriguedbyandtogeneratethoughtabouttheneedtocontrolthediseasethreatstotheseenvironmentsObjectives:ToexplaintheecologicalthreatthattheStonyCoralTissueLossDiseaseposestotheFloridaReefTract.Instructions:Usealltherequiredreadingsforweek6andallthecontentinweek6ofmodule2tocompleteallofthefollowingtaskswithoneparagraphforeachtask.Keepyourresponsetonolessthan350words.

1. SummarizewhatisknownabouttheStonyCoralTissueLossDiseaseandwhatmakesthisdiseasesouniqueamongallothertypesofinfectiousdiseasesaffectingourcoralreefs.

2. Doesthisdiseaseconcernyou?Whyorwhynot?Guidelines:Provideafullresponsetoallcomponentsofassignment.Showunderstandingofcoursecontentbycorrectlydefiningandusingkeyterms,keypersons,andconcepts.Providespecificsupportforresponseusingmultiplecourseconceptsandperhapsoutsideresources.Usepropergrammar,includingappropriatecapitalization,punctuation,andalackof“texting”language.CITEYOURSOURCES:Forinformationgatheredfrompublishedsources,citetheauthorsandyearofpublicationforthesourcesfromwhereyouobtainedspecificinformationincludedinyouranswers.IncludethepagenumbersinthetextinparenthesesnexttothisinformationANDprovideafullreferencecitationatthebottomofthepage.Forcontentobtainedfromvideos,includethenameofthevideoandthetimestampforthetimeinthevideofromwhereyouobtainedspecificinformationincludedinyouranswers.Includecitationinthetextinparenthesesnexttothisinformation.