Tiny Damselfish May Destroy A Caribbean Reef

[stevearlen]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.p...ft=1&f=1001

[OUsnakebyte]

Yup... a truly pristine reef should be an inverted pyramid - one of large groupers and sharks living in perpetual hunger and smaller fishes living in perpetual fear. Your seafood choices can make a difference.

 

Below is a photo of A. palmata with these damselfish patches. You can see the newly dead tissue in the center and the others that are re-sheeting.

 

 

 

Cheers

Mike

Edited August 16, 2009 by OUsnakebyte