Rethinking the reef
Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 18:30
in Biology & Nature
On the left is a coral-covered reef. On the right is one dominated by algae. A new study by biologists at San Diego State University and Scripps Institution of Oceanography shows that inhabited coral islands that engage in commercial fishing dramatically alter their nearby reef ecosystems, disturbing the microbes, corals, algae and fish that call the reef home.