April 2013
An ambitious project to collect data on the reef fish community structure along the whole of East Africa’s coast aims to provide a baseline understanding to underpin and inform future conservation efforts.
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September 2012
The expansion of exotic red lionfish into the western Atlantic may be explained by their tolerance of cooler waters, according to a new study
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April 2012
A study on sound recordings of reef noise from different habitats has revealed that the highest quality reefs are also the noisiest, potentially attracting more larval recruits using sound to orient towards reefs
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April 2012
Research into changing Red Sea coral and its effects on the butterflyfish found increased feeding rates, aggressive encounters and territory sizes where there was lower coral cover, which could be an informative bio-indicator
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January 2012
The story of the cleaner fish provides an insight into complex interspecific behaviours and an early warning of the state of our coral reefs
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January 2012
A new field of passive acoustics is rapidly emerging in marine and aquatic ecology, in which scientists use underwater technology to listen in on the noisy aquatic realm
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July 2011
Mangroves may increase the abundance of coral-reef fish, according to a new study.
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