Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. What are the abiotic and biotic interactions that structure this diverse ecosystem? Corals are members of the phylum Cnidaria ...

Glasgow researchers helped conduct studies on the rise in the shark population off the north-west coast of Western Australia.

Coral reefs provide an important ecosystem for marine life, offering food and shelter among their crevices and branches for animals including fishes ... Among the biggest and best-known are the reef ...

the coral structures provide the structure of the ecosystem, within which other plants and animals live. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest structure ever made by life on Earth. It’s the ...

Coral reefs provide an important ecosystem for life underwater, protect coastal areas by reducing the power ... They help protect areas such as mangrove forests and seagrass beds that act as nurseries ...

The animals prefer water depths between 15 and ... In large numbers, crown-of-thorns starfish can mow down wide swaths of coral reef. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN ...

Coral diseases, particularly in the Caribbean, have caused major declines in coral populations, especially affecting staghorn ...

But the study found depressions that went more than 200 m deep throughout the Farasan Bank coral reef system. "This research highlights the significance of the Red Sea as a natural laboratory for ...

The "coral defenders" are made of plastic called PHA. Similar to a potato starch, it naturally breaks down when exposed, ...

A living coral reef is a complex ecosystem teeming with vastly more ... Sea stars, shell animals and sea urchins were scarce. This was as we feared, as these mobile macroinvertebrates are in ...

I’ve sent eight ordinary kids from the UK to discover for themselves how the people and animals can both survive ... families is to walk all over the coral reef. CHILD: I thought it was just ...