... , a submersible equipped with cameras is helping provide the most detailed maps ever recorded of underwater shelves and struggling coral reefs in the Caribbean off the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.
... off the North Carolina coast, where Lophelia reefs may be tens to hundreds of thousands of years old.
"Most people associate coral reef habitats with tropical islands and warm, shallow ...
... already were weakened by an external force or because they are genetically weaker than some other individuals. Coral reefs are important because they protect our shores from wave action and create ...
... can help reduce the potential impact of climate change on estuaries, forests, wetlands, coral reefs and other sensitive ecosystems. The report identifies strategies to protect the environment as these ...
... Hixon said, must now be understood in context with their ability to seriously depopulate coral reef ecosystems of other fish. Parrotfishes and other herbivores prevent seaweeds from smothering corals. ...
... -of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci), which can devastate coral reefs, occur less often in protected ... pure white skeletons of recently consumed coral colonies. Sweatman said that even much lower ...
... to new evidence from Australia's Great Barrier Reef reported in the July 22nd issue of Current ... of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci), which can devastate coral reefs, occur less often in protected ...
... is declining, but identifying the exact cause of the problem is difficult. Overgrowth of coral reefs by other species, such as algae, are usually attributed to environmental degradation, but bleaching ...
Human activities bear a large part of the responsibility for coral reef degradation. Several threats hang over this complex ecosystem with its extraordinary biodiversity, whether in the form of ...
Conservation zones are in the wrong place to protect vulnerable coral reefs from the effects of global warming, an international team of scientists warned. Now the team - led jointly by Newcastle ...
Human activities bear a large part of the responsibility for coral reef degradation. Several threats hang over this complex ecosystem with its extraordinary biodiversity, whether in the form of ...
... ppm, fewer than 10% of reefs would be in waters with the kind of chemistry that has sustained coral reefs in the past."
For the ecologically productive cold waters near the poles, the prospects are ...
... suggests that maintaining the proper balance of herbivorous fishes may be critical to restoring coral reefs, which are declining dramatically worldwide. The conclusion results from a long-term study ...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Oct. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists began a 10-day underwater research mission Tuesday designed to study the effect of ocean acidification on coral reefs.
... parties. In an article in the recent issue of the scientific magazine Nature researchers from Stockholm University have studied how certain fish on coral reef keep other species of fish clean...
