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Oil Spill Clean-Up Agents Threaten Coral Reefs
July 30, 2007 — In a setback for efforts to protect endangered coral reefs from oil spills, researchers report that oil dispersants -- the best tool for treating oil spills in tropical areas --are significantly more ... > full story -
Reef Corals: How To Structure A Complex Body Plan
July 25, 2007 — Phenotypic flexibility enables multicellular organisms to adjust morphologies to variable environmental challenges. Such plastic variations are also documented in reef corals. Coral colonies are made ... > full story -
Coral Reef Fish Need Decades Or Longer To Recover
July 12, 2007 — In the longest running study on how fish populations in coral reef systems recover from heavy exploitation, researchers have found that the fish can recover, but they need lots of time -- decades in ... > full story -
Sundried Tide: Silent, Natural Disaster
July 4, 2007 — In a paper published in scientific journal Marine Biology, Dr. Ken Anthony and Dr. Ailsa Kerswell, of the ARC Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at the University of Queensland and James ... > full story -
How Fish Punish 'Queue Jumpers'
June 26, 2007 — Fish use the threat of punishment to keep would-be jumpers in the mating queue firmly in line and the social order stable, a new study led by Australian marine scientists has found. Their discovery ... > full story -
Color Pattern Spurs Speciation In Tropical Fish
June 12, 2007 — A team of researchers has provided the first example of how color patterns on a coral reef fish species can drive its evolution into many distinct species. The researchers looked at feeding and ... > full story -
Caribbean Corals In Danger Of Extinction: Climate Change, Warmer Waters Cited As Leading Cause
June 7, 2007 — Caribbean coral species are dying off, indicating dramatic shifts in the ecological balance under the sea, a new scientific study of Caribbean marine life shows. The study found that 10 percent of ... > full story -
Investigating Coral Reefs To Help Understand Past And Future Climate Change
May 16, 2007 — Increasing Earth temperatures and rising sea levels. Both of these are effects of climate change. The current concern is that human activity is changing our climate at a rate well above the natural ... > full story -
Coral Reefs May Be More Resilient Than Expected
May 15, 2007 — Coral reef bleaching, believed to be one of the detrimental effects of climate change, may receive a welcomed "buffer" through effective local management, according to scientists who are recording ... > full story -
Marine Reserves Could Save Coral Reefs
May 15, 2007 — Marine reserves have already proved to be a successful way of protecting marine life against commercial fishing. New research shows for the first time how marine reserves could also help in the ... > full story
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