The paper noted: "These results suggest that the 2004 management reforms potentially averted a major tipping point on the GBR involving predator loss (fish and invertebrates), subsequent meso-predator ...

Marine biologists sampling coral reef waters multiple times a day have shown how they shape surrounding marine life.

A study led by Associate Professor Kelton McMahon at University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography has found that food webs on tropical reefs are more fragile than we once thought.

The roving coralgrouper, a predator fish of the tropical reef, uses sign language to advise fellow hunters of hiding prey, according to a study published on Tuesday.

Each day, coral reefs quietly reshape the microscopic world drifting just above them. As daylight fades and returns, the smallest ocean organisms - bacteria, algae, and single-celled predators - ...