Great Barrier Reef's Small Fish Species Starving As Corals Bleach - ANI

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Sydney, Dec 27 (ANI): Fish species in the Great Barrier Reef are starving to death because climate change is killing off their food source, an environmental study conducted over five years by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (CoECRS) has revealed.

The study found that rising sea temperatures had bleached more than 30 per cent of the world's coral reefs, as a result of which, smaller fish which normally feeds on live coral are dying off.

This could throw the fish food chain out of balance, and consequently hinder local fishing and tourism operations, the study said.

According to CoECRS senior researcher Morgan Pratchett, this is only a glimpse of the larger to coral reef due to rising temperature. If sea temperatures continue their warming patters (sic), the coral damage could double by 2030, he said.

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