Coral reefs are vital ecosystems that sustain millions of people, yet they face a growing crisis. Rising ocean temperatures ...

Coral reef fish hatchlings dispersed by ocean currents are able to make their way back to their home reefs again to spawn, says a groundbreaking study recently published in the journal Science.

And if coral reef fish are able to find the smell of coral in the ocean, they follow that home like a yellow brick road.” Unfortunately, it also works the other way around. Fish are lured by the ...

Coral Reef Fish Need Decades Or Longer To Recover Date: July 13, 2007 Source: Wildlife Conservation Society Summary: In the longest running study on how fish populations in coral reef systems ...

Fish, he and his colleagues found, account for 50-90% of animal-based protein in the Pacific Islands, where, like in Seychelles, many communities rely on coral reef fisheries.

Recordings of coral reef sounds attract fish Recordings of coral reef sounds attract fish Pied Pipers of the Reef Tina Butler, mongabay.com May 24, 2005 According to an international team of ...

This study on fish and reef health doesn’t come in isolation. In 2014, a report from the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network warned that many Caribbean reefs could disappear “within a few ...

Never-before-heard fish noises, which scientists say sound like “whoops, croaks, foghorns and growls”, suggest a restored coral reef in Indonesia has fast returned to its non-damaged state.

While some coral reef conservation projects already do try to consider socioeconomic issues and provide people with alternatives to fishing, the new findings suggest that those efforts likely won ...

But amid all the bad news, it’s vitally important to have a reality check: Some reefs and reef fish — the familiar angelfish, eels, snappers, and parrotfishes — will survive.

More information: Anya L. Brown et al, Context-dependent effects of a Caribbean cleaner goby on coral reef microbial communities, Marine Ecology Progress Series (2025). DOI: 10.3354/meps14851 ...

These rocky fortifications incidentally became reefs for large schools of fish. Starting in the 1980s, fishery managers began constructing rock piles in shallow water to improve sport fishing.