Grazing fish help coral reefs.(SPECTRUM)

From: Environment | Date: April 1, 2007 | Copyright information

Coral reefs face a number of environmental stresses caused by pollution, overfishing, and ocean warming, but new research shows that when fish graze on reefs, they boost the ability of reefs to successfully recover from potentially devastating bleaching events. Led by Terry Hughes of James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, a team of researchers tested the ability of reefs to recover under two different conditions: the presence and absence of abundant plant- and algae-eating...

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