Severe coral loss leaves reefs with larger fish but low energy turnover
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 - 02:40
in Earth & Climate
Research on the Great Barrier Reef has found severe coral loss to be associated with substantial increases in the size of large, long-living herbivorous fish. However, decreased recycling of this fish biomass could leave the ecosystem vulnerable to crashing. The research is published in the British Ecological Society journal Functional Ecology.