by CORAL Magazine | Jan 14, 2022 | Marine, News & Notes
A Trumpet or Red-throat Emperor (Lethrinus miniatus) checks out the camera in front of an aggregation of crown-of-thorns starfish on the Great Barrier Reef. Image courtesy AIMS. via The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) Reef fish, such as emperors,...
by CORAL Magazine | Feb 14, 2020 | Marine, News & Notes
High-Tech Lab Sets Sail in Hunt for Heat-Resistant Corals via the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) Marine scientists are using portable ship-borne aquaria in the search for heat-resistant corals that could survive warming ocean temperatures caused by...
by CORAL Magazine | Dec 13, 2019 | Marine
Researchers find familiar species pave the way for coral regrowth Via AIMS December 2019 In contrast to most other species, reef-dwelling parrotfish put on weight and their populations boomed in the wake of severe coral bleaching. The surprise finding came when...
by CORAL Magazine | Aug 9, 2019 | Marine
By Bayley R. Freeman Excerpt from CORAL Magazine, Sept/Oct 2019 Could a submersible robot save the world’s struggling coral reefs? A team of scientists in Australia believes it can, and they want to use their invention, a piece of submersible wizardry that can zap...
by CORAL Magazine | Mar 13, 2019 | Marine, News & Notes
Australian Institute of Marine Science Microplastics and other man-made fibres have been found in a popular fish species on the Great Barrier Reef. This is the first study to report the presence of microdebris in wild-caught commercial fish in the World Heritage Area....
