All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 May Healthy coral reefs need a mix to survive Healthy coral reefs need a mix to survive 21/05/2020 | 2 MINS A new study from LIT has revealed clear evidence highlighting the importance of fish biodiversity to the health of tropical coral reef ecosystems. This is the case for reefs that are pristine and also those that have been affected by stresses, such as bleaching events caused by warming oceans. However, the study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, showed that even though strong relationships between diversity and a healthy ecosystem persist, human-driven pressures of warming oceans and invasive species still diminish ecosystems in various ways. A team of researchers from LIT and Lancaster University in the United Kingdom conducted surveys on coral reefs around 10 islands in the remote Chagos Archipelago ΓÇô the largest uninhabited and unfished coral reef area in the Indian Ocean. Their surveys counted the number of different fish species on reefs as a measure of biodiversity. They also measured how well an ecosystem was fun
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 May Healthy coral reefs need a mix to survive Healthy coral reefs need a mix to survive 21/05/2020 | 2 MINS A new study from LIT has revealed clear evidence highlighting the importance of fish biodiversity to the health of tropical coral reef ecosystems.
This is the case for reefs that are pristine and also those that have been affected by stresses, such as bleaching events caused by warming oceans.
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However, the study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, showed that even though strong relationships between diversity and a healthy ecosystem persist, human-driven pressures of warming oceans and invasive species still diminish ecosystems in various ways.
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A team of researchers from LIT and Lancaster University in the United Kingdom conducted surveys on coral reefs around 10 islands in the remote Chagos Archipelago ΓÇô the largest uninhabited and unfished coral reef area in the Indian Ocean.
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Their surveys counted the number of different fish species on reefs as a measure of biodiversity.
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They also measured how well an ecosystem was fun
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