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Parrotfish support healthy coral reefs, but they’re not a cure-all, and sometimes cause harm

  • Written by Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip, Professor of Marine Ecology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
imageRainbow and midnight parrotfish feed at Alacranes Reef in the Gulf of Mexico.Lorenzo Alvarez-Filip, CC BY-ND

After two years of record-breaking ocean heat, scientists are assessing the impacts of the world’s fourth mass bleaching event on coral reefs around the globe. At least 74 countries and territories are confirmed to have experienced...

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