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August 3, 2020Ocean Temperatures Similar to End-of-Century Predictions Reduce Coral Reef Fish Biodiversity and Functioning
A school of large fish in the Sea of Oman. Cryptobenthic fishes are an important food source for many predatory fishes on coral reefs. Image copyright Jordan M. Casey
An international team of researchers, including HIMB’s own assistant research professor Jacob Johansen, have found that small, bottom-dwelling reef fishes on the world’s hottest coral reefs in the southern Arabian Gulf are much less diverse and abundant than on nearby reefs with less extreme temperatures. Read more on the research and findings here.
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