A study in Papua New Guinea indicates that coral reef degradation threatens fish biodiversity in marine reserves and in areas open to fishing, due to dependence of some species on living coral as juvenile recruitment sites. Additional strategies that prot...

"Recent, global mass-mortalities of reef corals due to record warm sea temperatures have led researchers to consider global warming as one of the most significant threats to the persistence of coral reef ecosystems. The passage of a hurricane can alleviat...