Strange Fish Songs Reveal That Indonesia's Coral Reefs Are Rapidly Recovering

Strange Fish Songs Reveal That Indonesia's Coral Reefs Are Rapidly Recovering

Source: natureworldnews

12/8/2021

Credit: Tom Fisk

Bizarre fish songs show a rapid recovery of Indonesia's coral reef. Despite using underwater speakers to try"talking" to some of the fishes, the fish producing these sounds remain unknown.
Restoration of Coral Reef

The reef had been impacted by blast fishing, which uses explosives to paralyze or kill the locals. The corals are already returning, but the scientists wanted to see whether the other reef species were returning as well, according to The Guardian.

Visual surveys overlook camouflaged and night-only creatures, therefore the researchers resorted to the reef's sounds. They discovered a soundscape similar to that of unaffected reefs.

Working on underwater sound on coral reefs has frequently been rather miserable, said lead author Tim Lamont of the University of Exeter.

The return of a varied assortment of animals in this instance demonstrated it was more than "a coral gardening project", according to Lamont.