Talk About Hot Flashes: Warmer Waters Might Make Fish More Aggressive

Climate change may have a previously unforeseen impact on coral reefs: it may make some fish more aggressive. At least that is the finding of a new study to be published in the Jan 2010 edition of the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The research team, led by Dr. Peter A. Biro from the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University New South Wales, found that certain coral reef fish changed their behavior dramatically when water temperatures was increased only a few degrees. read more

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