The 2016 Great Barrier Reef heatwave caused widespread changes to fish populations
- Written by Rick Stuart-Smith, Research Fellow, University of Tasmania
Some fish fared better than others amid the extreme temperatures of the 2016 heatwave.Rick Stuart-Smith/Reef Life Survey
The 2016 marine heatwave that killed vast amounts of coral on the Great Barrier Reef also caused significant changes to fishes and other animals that live on these reefs.
Coral habitats in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and in the...
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