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Clown fish metabolism slows when coral homes damaged by climate change – study – The Irish News

Scientists also found that the fish became less active when living in bleached anemones.

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Climate change damage to the homes of clown fish can have a negative impact on their physiology, according to new research.
Scientists studied what happens to clown fish, known from the film Finding Nemo, living in bleached coral reefs.
Mass coral bleaching is the result of extreme heatwaves caused by worldwide climate change.
The study found that the fish, also known as anemone fish, living in bleached anemones for longer than a month progressively decreased their metabolism, had less growth and…

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