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SUMMARY:Are coral reef fishes at risk or resilient to climate change? - Dr
 . Morgan Pratchett\, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies\, Jam
 es Cook University
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CONTACT:Tiffany Bogich
DESCRIPTION:This talk will present an overview of a major review to be pub
 lished in /Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review/ in June 2008
 . The purpose of this review was to assess ecological and economic effects
  of climate change on coral reef fishes. Coral reef habitats are very vuln
 erable to sustained and ongoing climate change\, mainly due to thermal sen
 stivities of reef building corals. Climate change and coral bleaching has 
 had significant effects on coral reef fishes\, especially those species th
 at live\, feed or recruit on live corals. Coral bleaching and associated h
 abitat-degradation has caused localised declines in many fish species\, wh
 ich may make them increasingly vulnerable to further climatic and anthropo
 genic disturbances. However\, there are few reported incidences of species
  extinctions resulting from severe and widespread coral bleaching\, which 
 is attributed to ecological compensation among coral reef fishes.
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology
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