Reef fish inherit tolerance to warming oceans

[rangerrebew]

Reef fish inherit tolerance to warming oceans
April 30, 2018, ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies
 

In a rapidly changing climate, the decline of animal populations is a very real concern. Today, an international team of researchers report new evidence of reef fish adjusting to global warming conditions at the genetic level.

For the first time, researchers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (Coral CoE) and the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST), have found that reef fish can inherit from their parents the genetic tools to adjust to ocean warming.


Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-04-reef-fish-inherit-tolerance-oceans.html#jCp

[Smokin Joe]

Watching "Deadliest Catch", if the water is warmer, they can go deeper if they need it cooler (at least that's what Bering Sea crabs do). If it gets too cold, reef fish would have to adapt to something they can't adjust for by going shallower without running out of water column.

Warmer is better, if you have to choose.