Diversity of plant-eating fishes may be key to recovery of coral reefs
Oct 08, 2008
The redband parrotfish was one of the species studied as part of research into the importance of fish diversity for the health of coral reefs.
Courtesy of Deron Burkepile
A diver swims toward the underwater laboratory Aquarius at the National Undersea Research Center in Florida. The laboratory was used for a Georgia Tech study of the role herbivorous fishes play in coral reefs.
Courtesy National Undersea Research Center, University of North Carolina at Wilmingto
Diver Todd Barsby secures a cage to the coral reef during a study of the role of diversity among.
