Competition between coral and algae on a reef is mediated by the interaction between all of their associated viruses, bacteria and biochemicals. Credit: Ty Roach.
HIMB’s Ty Roach, and other researchers, were recently published in PNAS for their study focusing on the competition between coral and turf algae.
Arabian monocle bream (Scolopsis ghanam, image left) and blackspot snapper (Lutjanus ehrenbergii, image right) are two
species of reef fish surviving in elevated Arabian Gulf temperatures, where water temperatures can reach worst-case ocean
warming projections. Photo by Rebekka Pentti.