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.

A study of 7000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef food webs: as sharks declined by 75% and fish preferred by humans became smaller, prey fish ...

A small colored fish pokes out its head from a coral. An Acanthemblemaria Blenny pokes out its head from a coral in the waters of Panama. Credit: Tim Treuer Food chains in the coral reefs of the ...

A new study links grazing halo patterns in coral reefs, as well as those in other patchy habitats, to the spatial patterns of the shelter habitat itself. The researchers found that grazing halos are ...

Knowlton, Nancy, Lang, J. C., and Keller, Brian D. 1989. "Fates of staghorn coral isolates on hurricane- damaged reefs in Jamaica: the role of predators." Proceedings of the 6th International Coral ...

A groundbreaking study of 7000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef food webs: as sharks declined by 75% and fish preferred by humans became ...