News articles tagged with 'reef'
World's reef fishes tussling with human overpopulation
— 6 Apr 2011 17:46 | EnvironmentIn an unprecedented collaborative analysis published in the journal PLoS Biology, scientists from 49 nations demonstrated that the ability of reef fish systems to produce goods and…
Fish know to avoid the spear
— 28 Mar 2011 14:47 | BiologyFish are not as dumb as people sometimes think: marine scientists have found that fish that are regularly hunted with spearguns are much more wary and keep their distance from fishers…
Study provides new tool to monitor coral reef 'vital signs'
— 17 Mar 2011 17:44 | EnvironmentUniversity of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science scientist Chris Langdon and colleagues developed a new tool to monitor coral reef vital signs. By accurately…
Weed-eating fish 'key to reef survival'
— 10 Mar 2011 18:57 | EnvironmentPreserving an intact population of weed-eating fish may be vital to saving the world's coral reefs from being engulfed by weed as human and climate impacts grow…
New study shows marine 'networks' can protect fish stocks
— 26 Feb 2011 17:03 | EnvironmentUniversity of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science faculty were part of an international scientific team to show that strong links between the corals reefs…
Coral 'network' can protect Asia-Pac fish stocks
— 22 Feb 2011 23:10 | EnvironmentAn international scientific team has shown that strong links between the corals reefs of the south China sea, West Pacific and Coral Triangle hold the key to preserving fish and marine…
Extinction predictor 'will help protect coral reefs'
— 16 Feb 2011 04:32 | EnvironmentMore than a third of coral reef fish species are in jeopardy of local extinction from the impacts of climate change on coral reefs, a new scientific study has found…
Acid oceans demand greater reef care
— 15 Feb 2011 15:12 | EnvironmentThe more humanity acidifies and warms the world's oceans with carbon emissions, the harder we will have to work to save our coral reefs…
Rowdy residents warn crustaceans away from perilous reefs
— 8 Feb 2011 17:42 | EnvironmentIn the first study to examine the response to noise of a diverse range of crustaceans, an international team led by the University of Bristol found that many families of crustaceans…
Fluorescent colour of coral larvae predicts whether they'll settle or swim
— 26 Jan 2011 18:16 | BiologyYoung staghorn coral that fluoresce redder are less likely to settle and develop into coral polyps than their greener peers, University of Texas at Austin biologists have discovered…