Redwinger
06-20-2007, 03:45 AM
Scientists widely agree that coral reefs are in declining. As featured in Geology in its September 2005 issue, a team led by Richard Aronson of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab took cores of reefs in Belize that reconstructed their history over the past several thousand years and found that they were healthy and vibrant until the 1980's when they were killed by disease and high sea temperatures. This dictates a different strategy for policymakers intent on saving reef ecosystems than just focusing on overfishing.
More... (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/08/050830072609.htm)
More... (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/08/050830072609.htm)