Study in underwater laboratory may help manage seaweed-eating fish that protect coral

Friday, September 16, 2011 - 08:00 in Earth & Climate

A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology is using the Aquarius underwater laboratory off the coast of Florida to study how the diversity of seaweed-eating fish affects endangered coral reefs. The research mission, which began Sept. 13, may provide new information to help scientists protect and even restore damaged coral reefs in the Caribbean.

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