#FoodChains in #Caribbean #coralreefs are getting shorter
#Fish on modern #coral reefs may face more competition for resources than 7,000 years ago.
Habitat loss and #overfishing push species to compete for fewer resources and repositioned some fish within ecosystem’s #foodchain. Findings suggest fish could be less able to adapt if food sources suddenly become scarce, perhaps making reefs even more vulnerable in an already changing environment.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coral-reef-food-chain-caribbean
https://archive.ph/gi2Jg
Food chains in Caribbean coral reefs are getting shorter

Shorter food chains could mean reefs are less able to weather changes in food availability, threatening an already vulnerable ecosystem.

Science News

Continuing a series of quick studies for paintings in series I want to call "cathédrales de corail" because people seem to be obsessed with rebuilding cathedrals and not coral reefs that looked pretty sacred to me.

Inspired by freediving in Lifou, (Kanaky NC) 2004.

#watercolor #underwater #coral #corals #freediving #painting #study #cathedralesdecorail #aquarelle

Just added to our WYSIWYG: this beautiful “loose” Fungia! They are fairly easy to keep LPS corals.
Best part? As always, this coral (and every one of our corals for sale) is protected by our strict quarantine protocols and fully aquacultured in house. Do you have room in your tank? (It’s ~1")

#TerraReef #Aquaculture #LPS #SmallBusiness #Aquarium #Coral #fromourreeftoyours #ReefLife #CoralCollector #Reefer #Reefers #ReefTank #SaltTank #allmymoneygoestocorals

Coral microbiomes as reservoirs of unknown genomic and biosynthetic diversity https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10159-6 #coral #microbiome