A healthy fish population could be the key to ensuring coral reefs survive the impacts of climate change, pollution, overfishing and other threats.
Australian scientists found that some fish act as “lawnmowers”, keeping coral free of kelp and unwanted algae.
The Great Barrier Reef is worth about six billion Australian dollars (US$5.5bn; £2.8bn) to the national economy, primarily through tourism and fishing.
BBC Website: ‘Fish key to reef climate survival ‘
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
Jennifer, my wife and I loved your piece in today’s Oz! Keep up the good work.
Tim
Indeed – we need a blog post on Jen’s interview.