How Grad Student Lu Uses Statistics to Monitor Reef Fish Populations
Authorities closed large portions of the Gulf of Mexico following Deepwater Horizon to minimize oil contamination of fish and seafood products.
Oil impairs ability of coral reef fish to find homes and evade predators
A team of fisheries biologists led by Jacob Johansen and Andrew Esbaugh of The University of Texas Marine Science Institute have discovered that oil impacts the higher-order thinking of coral reef fish in a way that could prove dangerous for them–and for the coral reefs where they make their home.