Does Fish Poop Help Corals Survive?

Does Fish Poop Help Corals Survive?

Fish that munch on corals wind up helping those very same corals survive by pooping on them, researchers have found. Rice University marine biologist Adrienne Correa told Science Daily that the feces of coral-eating fish have algae that corals need to survive: “The message is, ‘Move over grazers, it’s not just you helping maintain coral…