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New Coral Reef Breeding Nursery on Bonaire

November 22, 2022

A brand new, innovative floating coral fish breeding nursery is being tested at the Dive Friends… Read more >

School of ocean surgeonfish

(Acanthurus bahianus)

Photo credit: Hans Leijnse

Fish poop: an underappreciated food source for coral reef fishes?

A new study by researchers from the University of Texas and California Polytechnic State University documented… Read more >

Cryptic Coral Structure

Photo credit: © Niklas Kornder

New Research Improves on Traditional Reef Survey Techniques

September 23, 2021

Researchers from University of Amsterdam and CARMBABI Foundation implemented 3-dimensional reef surveying techniques to improve representation… Read more >

Photo credit: © Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Is there a future for artificial reefs?

Manmade structures such as seawalls, breakwaters, and jetties are increasing in frequency in marine coastal environments.… Read more >

Photo credit © Ethan Cissell

Exploring species and functional diversity of coral reef benthic cyanobacterial mats

Benthic cyanobacterial mats, at low cover, are an important benthic component of coral reefs, but have… Read more >

sea urchin

Photo credit: © Tom Wijers

Tropical sea urchins move from a marine lab in Leeuwarden to the Rotterdam Zoo

Saba / Sint Eustatius

At Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences (HVHL) in Leeuwarden, the sea urchin Diadema antillarum… Read more >