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The ongoing outbreak of stony coral tissue loss disease in the Florida Reef Tract began in 2014 and continues to spread. It is highly active off Key West, Florida and appears to be expanding to the Caribbean region.
,The plan, known as the Restoration Blueprint, seeks to address long-term declines to the Florida Keys’ marine resources as well as ongoing and emerging threats due to increased use and changing ocean conditions.
Read moreWhen investigating whether corals that split their spawning over multiple months are more successful at spreading their offspring across different reefs, researchers discovered that split spawning can indeed improve the coral reef's resilience.
Read moreA two-year experiment led by University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) shows that some coral species may be able to survive levels of ocean acidification more severe than those expected later this century.
Read moreThe next time you come across the tiny fish going about their business at a coral reef, take a moment to contemplate their important role in the reef ecosystem.
Read moreReef fishes don't just rely on the coral reef environment to provide them with food. Food, in the form of plankton, also enter the reef environment due to ocean currents and tides; this forms another food source for reef fishes.
Read moreThe discovery of the first coral reef in Italy was made two kilometres off the coast of Monopoli in Apulia by researchers from the University of Bari.
Read moreDrifting plastic makes ideal vessels for carrying infectious disease across vast stretches of water.
Read more"Robust" corals, which comprise some brain corals and mushroom corals, are better able to counter the effects of global warming due to their ability to produce an "essential" amino acid, according to a new study published in the Genome Biology
Read moreIn Indonesia’s Coral Triangle, coral diversity is threatened by pollution, overfishing and climate change. Researchers from the University of California, Davis have found a way to rehabilitate the coral reefs using an inexpensive method.
Read moreFor the first time, cave-dwelling corals measuring just several millimetres have been observed working together to catch and consume jellyfish much larger than them.
Read moreAt first glance, it would appear that seabirds and invasive rats on tropical islands have little to do with coral reefs.
Read moreFocussing their study on the reefs in the exclusive economic zones (EEZ) of nine Caribbean countries, a research team from the University of British Columbia's Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries assessed how warmer ocean temperatures affected
Read moreAfter conducting a study involving coral reefs in the Asia-Pacific region, an international team of scientists discovered that reefs that are in contact with plastic trash have an immensely higher risk of being infected with disease.
Read moreCurrent reef restoration methods are extremely labour-intensive, as every coral fragment or 'recruit' needs to be attached to the degraded reef individually.
Read moreAlthough efforts have been made to restore damaged coral reefs by transplanting new coral onto the damaged reefs, little has been done to measure the effectiveness of this method on the fish population in Caribbean reefs.
Read moreMany laboratory experiments have demonstrated that increased ocean acidity slows down coral calcification, the process by which corals grow and build their hard structure.
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