Fish barriers may aid baby corals in reef recovery
Scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and James Cook University (JCU) have designed special cradles for baby corals that help prevent fish from eating them alive.
Scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and James Cook University (JCU) have designed special cradles for baby corals that help prevent fish from eating them alive.
Plants & Animals
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On the Caribbean seafloor, an unusual sculpture gallery is taking shape with an equally unusual purpose: to provide homes for corals under threat from tourism and climate change.
Ecology
Jun 6, 2024
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The Seychelles archipelago of 115 islands stretches across a vast area of the western Indian Ocean. Each island is fringed by coral reefs.
Ecology
May 21, 2024
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Baby corals are just as susceptible as adults to a deadly disease that has been spreading across Florida's reefs since 2014, according to a new study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of ...
Plants & Animals
May 4, 2022
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The Great Barrier Reef is booming with new life after the world's biggest reproductive event—coral spawning—delivered Southern Cross University's Distinguished Professor Peter Harrison a narrow window to help secure its ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 29, 2021
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A new study has found baby coral reef fishes can outpace all other baby fishes in the ocean.
Ecology
Jun 29, 2021
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New research has found as climate change causes the world's oceans to warm, baby sharks are born smaller, exhausted, undernourished and into environments that are already difficult for them to survive in.
Plants & Animals
Jan 12, 2021
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Coral experts have scaled up their advanced technological approach to restoring baby corals on damaged areas of the Great Barrier Reef, using large inflatable 'coral nurseries' to help grow coral babies and a robotic 'LarvalBoat' ...
Ecology
Nov 27, 2019
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A group of Australian scientists has created the world's first computer model that can accurately predict the movements of baby coral trout across the Great Barrier Reef. The study confirms the importance of fish larvae produced ...
Ecology
Aug 1, 2019
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QUT's reef protector robot is set to become 'mother' to hundreds of millions of baby corals in a special delivery coinciding with this month's annual coral spawning on the Great Barrier Reef.
Environment
Nov 1, 2018
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