🌡️ New publication alert! 🐠🌿 Herbivorous reef fish kept feeding during marine heatwaves—but still lost body mass due to a mismatch between energy intake and demand. As oceans warm, their ability to control invasive algae may be under threat. 🔗 dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... #ClimateChange #CoralReefs

Outlasting the Heat: Collapse of Herbivorous Fish Control of Invasive Algae During Marine Heatwaves

Marine heatwaves (MHWs) and eutrophication are driving coral reefs toward algal dominance. Herbivorous fishes are thought to help slow this shift by feeding on fast-growing and often invasive, herbiv...

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From fish brains to film crews! July had it all! 🐟🎥 Presented on fish welfare at WasserCluster Lunz, got interviewed for an upcoming documentary (Noah’s Diary), and co-authored a paper on what underlies upper thermal limits of fish (royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10..... what will august bring?

NEW PAPER ALERT!! Is the appetite of coral reef piscivores suppressed during extreme thermal conditions or can they eat more, often to meet rising energetic demands? Our new study challenges expectations—find out how ---> www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Eat more, often: The capacity of piscivores to meet increased energy demands in warming oceans

Marine heatwaves (MHWs) profoundly disturb tropical coral reefs, imperilling species fitness and survival. Ectothermic piscivorous reef fishes are par…

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