Predatory Reef Fish Rely on Food Resources from Open Ocean, not from Reef – AZoCleantech

Written by AZoCleantechFeb 22 2021
A Newcastle University-led study has demonstrated that predatory reef fish at the top of the food chain depend on resources from the open ocean rather than from the reef itself.
Plankton-feeding fishes often dominate the fish assemblage on oceanic coral reefs. Image Credit: Newcastle University.
From Charles Darwin’s era, the abundance of life on coral reefs has remained mysterious, since the majority of the oceanic surface waters in the tropics appear low in nutrients…

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