1. 2011 SFR GSS

2. The role of disease in seagrass decline

3. Many causes for acute loss of seagrass identified

4. One cause that gets a lot of attention is disease

5. Labyrinthula

6. Research questions

7. Sample Collection

8. Sample Collection

9. Sample Collection

10. Processing

11. Isolation and Morphological Characterization

12. Labyrinthula Cell characteristics

13. Labyrinthula Colony morphology

14. Labyrinthula site specific transect data-preliminary

15. Variability in site infection

16. Pathogenicity

17. Pathogenicity

18. Labyrinthula pathogenicity

19. Acknowledgements

20. Thank You