Anemonefish on a secluded coral reef in the Red Sea challenge current thinking on patterns of juvenile fish recruitment say researchers from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Their findings have significant implications for the management of reefs and marine reserves.
Understanding how fish larvae disperse, and whether juvenile fish return to settle on the reef where they were born, is crucial for the optimum design of marine reserves. Research from coral reefs around the world suggests that most fish tend to settle locally. Now the novel study undertaken by Michael Berumen and co-workers at KAUST’s Red Sea Research Center and the Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division suggests otherwise.
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