Communication is key for corals

Written by Ebony Torrington (Managing Editor)
Molecular biology News PCR and sequencing Plant and climate science
Coral communication coral reef fish

Research presented at the Experimental Biology (EB) meeting (27–30 April 2021; online) suggests that corals have sound-related genes and could use bioacoustics to interact with their surroundings. This finding could help us understand coral communication and create policies to protect the ecosystem. Coral reefs support more than 25% of all marine life, yet they make up less than 1% of the ocean floor. Around the world the existence of coral is threatened by climate change, over-fishing and pollution. Lots of organisms that live in coral reefs use sound to find their way around the reefs. However, it is unknown if...

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