Recent research has focused on understanding the impacts of these threats and exploring potential solutions to enhance the resilience of coral reefs and their associated biodiversity. One ...

High species biodiversity (more than 500 coral species, high biodiversity of reef fishes, foraminifera, fungid corals, and stomatopods) and habitat diversity Oceanography (currents) 5 The Coral ...

It's important that we improve our understanding of how patterns of biodiversity are changing on coral reefs, and the ecological and social implications of this change." The paper's authors are ...

The world's corals and coral reef ecosystems are in crisis. In just a few decades, scientists warn, these “rainforests of the sea” and all their rich biodiversity could disappear completely. While ...

Tropical rainforests and coral reefs are both highly complex ecosystems that are rich in biodiversity. Coral reefs are often described as underwater rainforests. -- Maui Ocean Center photo ...

A new study has found that nearly half the coral trout caught on the Great Barrier Reef come from marine reserves—where ...

Their findings have been published in the journal Coral Reefs. Four monitoring sites in Shigeo Reef near Motobu Peninsula in Okinawa, Japan, were surveyed. Two sites were approximately 35–45 m ...

Climate change continues to threaten the future of our oceans. Coral reefs, vital for biodiversity below the waves, can act as a litmus test for ocean health. Warming waters, acidification and ...