or barrier reefs, protect the coast from ocean waves. Eventually, the island completely subsides into the sea, leaving an atoll, a ring of shallow reefs without any mainland. Scientific research ...

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they are also the canaries of the sea, being very sensitive to small changes in the chemical and physical condition of their environment. Modern coral reefs — whether deep or shallow — are ...

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According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s study of Hawaii’s deep-sea coral reefs ... fish species in Hawaii’s shallow water reefs. At the northern end of the ...

Scientists from Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and the National Center for ...

Adaptability of Some Coral Reef Fish to Rising Temperatures Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have found that reef fish from the Arabian Gulf, the world's hottest sea ... them in shallow ocean ...