We have analyzed indicators of reef health and resilience and assessed the roles parrotfish play in controlling seaweed, promoting coral growth and eroding reefs. While it is clear that parrotfish ...

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its ...

Coral reefs are dying, but there’s a tiny bit of good news about what happens when they’re gone The seaweed that often takes over reefs may at least help the food systems that count on the ...

New research revealed the remarkable chemical diversity of substances exuded by coral reefs and demonstrated that thousands ...

Is that seaweed in my hair? The first installment of “What Can ... Phillip scuba dives while photographing divers planting coral on a reef in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Feb. 12, 2019. – AP Photo / David ...

Wild coral makes up some of the most diverse ecosystems in the world, supporting thousands of species in the process, ...

Excessive seaweed growth on reefs can block sunlight from corals’ surfaces, release chemicals that affect coral survival, slow the corals’ growth and make it harder for new corals to establish ...

"We've known that some of the substances exuded on coral reefs, termed exometabolites ... preferred to use substances from stony corals or seaweed. "We observed that coral and algae can ...

Carbon cycle and reef resilience Combined ... microbes preferred to use substances from stony corals or seaweed. "We observed that coral and algae can selectively facilitate the growth of specific ...