A groundbreaking study of 7,000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef ...

The coral reef food chain is powered by some of the ocean’s smallest vertebrates — tiny fish that are gobbled up so quickly they’ve been easy to overlook.

A coral reef is kind of like Manhattan, a huge number of mouths to feed in a packed parcel of real estate. ... The reef food chain also is very efficient at recycling.

It might sound like a strange silver lining: as coral reefs decline, the ocean could actually end up absorbing more […] ...

image: Coral reef fish on a remote island off the coast of northern Mozambique, Western Indian Ocean. Fishing is fundamentally altering the food chain in coral reefs and putting dual pressures on ...

Fish urine plays an important role in coral reefs' food chain—but unsustainable fishing can devastate this natural nutrient flow. By Michael Greshko. August 19, 2016 ...

Meanwhile, fish at a coral reef near the Fiji archipelago in the South Pacific generally graze on the seaweeds that grow on the reef. But when reef sharks emerge from deeper waters, it's best to ...

Coral Reef Connections : Reef Relationships | Predators and Prey ... Now we have a simple food chain, with grass plants making food at the bottom, cows as middle predators, ...

For example, reef sharks tend to occupy the apex predator position in the coral reef food chain. As top predators, they help regulate the populations of lower-level predators, such as smaller reef ...

3D printed “tiles” help revive coral around the world 03:37. Paris — Fish that have lost food due to mass coral bleaching are getting into more unnecessary fights, causing them to expend ...

Coral reefs around the world are experiencing a mass bleaching event as the climate crisis drives record-breaking ocean heat, two scientific bodies announced Monday — with some experts warning ...