New research suggests that larger reef areas may help protect the Caribbean's coral reef fish communities from the impacts of ocean warming. New research from UBC's Institute for the Oceans and ...

The health of coral reefs can be impacted as much by the diversity of fish that graze on them as by the amount of fish that do so, according to a new study. In the paper, the researchers untangle and ...

A groundbreaking study of 7,000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef food webs: As sharks declined by 75 percent and fish preferred by humans ...

With its year-round sun and excellent visibility, the waters of the Caribbean offer some of the best scuba diving in the ...

Things are not always what they seem when it comes to fish—something scientists at the Smithsonian Institution and the Ocean Science Foundation are finding out. Using modern genetic analysis, combined ...

For more than 20 years, conservationists have been working to protect one of the most recognizable reef fish in the Caribbean, the endangered and iconic Nassau grouper, and thanks to those efforts, ...

Ecological studies have rarely been performed at the community level across a large biogeographic region. Sponges are now the primary habitat-forming organisms on Caribbean coral reefs. Recent species ...

A world where life flutters, shimmers and gently sways, like the forest scenes from the original “Avatar” movie, a kaleidoscope of colors that shouldn’t exist in nature. Corals in pink, purple, peach, ...

ABSTRACT: Nearshore marine habitats, such as seagrass beds and mangroves, are generally assumed to be key nurseries for many marine species. Few studies, however, have examined relationships between ...

New research from UBC's Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries suggests that larger reef areas may help protect the Caribbean's coral reef fish communities from the impacts of ocean warming. "We are ...

The health of coral reefs can be impacted as much by the diversity of fish that graze on them as by the amount of fish that do so, according to a new study by scientists at Bigelow Laboratory for ...

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