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Saving the creatures of the deep: A federal government plan aims to protect Florida's reefs before a precious ecosystem
Mar 05, 2009 |
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A few miles from the southeast Florida coast, at a depth of crushing pressure and frigid temperatures, lies an eerie world of snowy coral, undiscovered forms of life and rock towers thrusting through ink-dark water.
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Some Ningaloo Reef fish are 'homebodies'
Jun 18, 2009 |
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New research shows that some fish species in Western Australia's Ningaloo Marine Park spend most of their time close to home, staying on the reef rather than travelling significant distances, as was previously thought.
Scientists discover new reefs teeming with marine life in Brazil
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Jul 08, 2008 |
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Scientists announced today the discovery of reef structures they believe doubles the size of the Southern Atlantic Ocean's largest and richest reef system, the Abrolhos Bank, off the southern coast of Brazil's Bahia state. ...
Rabbits to the rescue of the reef
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Mar 19, 2008 |
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While rabbits continue to ravage Australia’s native landscapes, rabbit fish may help save large areas of the Great Barrier Reef from destruction.
A big lesson from the reef
May 07, 2009 |
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The lesson from Australia's Great Barrier Reef is that we have to protect its biodiversity - because biodiversity in turn protects us.
Rising CO2 'will hit reefs harder'
Oct 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Rising CO2 levels in the world's oceans could deliver a disastrous blow to the ability of coral reefs to withstand climate change.
CO2 hurts reef growth
Jul 11, 2007 |
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Coral reefs are at risk of going soft, quite literally turning to mush as rising carbon dioxide levels prevent coral from forming tough skeletons, according to UQ research.
How baby fish find a home
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Jan 16, 2008 |
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One of the most significant questions facing marine ecologists today, is just how much of an impact global variations in the environment are having on the dispersal of larval and juvenile marine species from ...
Longest study finds reef fish need longer break
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Jul 11, 2007 |
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In the longest running study on how fish populations in coral reef systems recover from heavy exploitation, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and others have found that the fish can ...
Electrified reef closer to reality in Florida town
Jun 22, 2009 |
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A proposal to install an electrified artificial reef on the ocean floor off Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Fla., has won approval from a key federal agency, making it more likely the high-tech conservation project will get built.
Coral's addiction to 'junk food'
Mar 24, 2008 |
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Over two hundred million humans depend for their subsistence on the fact that coral has an addiction to ‘junk food’ - and orders its partners, the symbiotic algae, to make it. This curious arrangement is one of Nature’s most ...
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