The Global Reef Expedition: Bahamas is the culmination of the Living Ocean Foundation's coral reef research in the Bahamas. It is the first leg of a comprehensive survey of the world's corals - the biggest there has ever been. Narrated by Bahamas National Trust's Krista Sherman, this film highlights the importance of Bahamian reefs and urges a call to action to take care of this precious resource.
Thank you so much xD saved my life I’m doing a geography essay on wheather the Bahamas are under more threat than the Amazon and needed some geographical facts for the first paragraph and conclusion
What about breeding those herbivorous creatures like the parrot fish and sea urchin and introducing them into areas of the reef that are overrun with algae?
Antwain Clarke majority of marine fishes are hard to breed as of now only clownfish and some tangs are able to breed in captivity. They have special care requirements and fish like parrot fish takes decades to mature and grows really huge.
Good video, but a little oversimplified and dumbed down. It's not as simple as bleaching, runoff, and disease. Other factors like African Dust carrying pathogens that killed off the Diedama Antillarium (I think I spelled that right) urchin in 1983, toxins, heavy metals, and other pollutants is a huge factor that is avoided in most research. Also, natural events like cold snaps have killed off large numbers of coral. The problem isn't that corals are dying: they have always died. The problem is there is a shortage of grazers due to the urchins and other grazers being killed off/overfished, which is preventing the corals gamates from being recruited onto the substrate. Then other factors like local and regional sewage discharges, agricultural, and industrial runoff factor and compound together with physical damage from storms and ship groundings. Finally, low genetic diversity in keystone corals (like acropora species in the Caribbean) resulting in inbreeding has lowered the tolerance to disease and all of the aforementioned stressors.
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The Global Reef Expedition: Bahamas is the culmination of the Living Ocean Foundation's coral reef research in the Bahamas. It is the first leg of a comprehensive survey of the world's corals - the biggest there has ever been. Narrated by Bahamas National Trust's Krista Sherman, this film highlights the importance of Bahamian reefs and urges a call to action to take care of this precious resource.
Thank you so much xD saved my life I’m doing a geography essay on wheather the Bahamas are under more threat than the Amazon and needed some geographical facts for the first paragraph and conclusion
What about breeding those herbivorous creatures like the parrot fish and sea urchin and introducing them into areas of the reef that are overrun with algae?
Antwain Clarke majority of marine fishes are hard to breed as of now only clownfish and some tangs are able to breed in captivity. They have special care requirements and fish like parrot fish takes decades to mature and grows really huge.
Keep up the good work guys
best video you guys are doing some amazing work thumbs up
Good video, but a little oversimplified and dumbed down. It's not as simple as bleaching, runoff, and disease. Other factors like African Dust carrying pathogens that killed off the Diedama Antillarium (I think I spelled that right) urchin in 1983, toxins, heavy metals, and other pollutants is a huge factor that is avoided in most research. Also, natural events like cold snaps have killed off large numbers of coral. The problem isn't that corals are dying: they have always died. The problem is there is a shortage of grazers due to the urchins and other grazers being killed off/overfished, which is preventing the corals gamates from being recruited onto the substrate. Then other factors like local and regional sewage discharges, agricultural, and industrial runoff factor and compound together with physical damage from storms and ship groundings. Finally, low genetic diversity in keystone corals (like acropora species in the Caribbean) resulting in inbreeding has lowered the tolerance to disease and all of the aforementioned stressors.
If only the local fishermen could be convinced to focus on the lion fish and leave the parrot fish alone.
Commercial fishing is disgusting, it kills of natural resources and eventually if not already overfished