
Born under an inauspicious moon, baby fish delay settlement on coral reefs
Dark nights offer best chance of survival for sixbar wrasse leaving the open ocean for the reef, but risky moonlit swims may grant a fitness edge to survivors Monday, 18 December 2017 For Immediate Release Contact: Liza Lester, 202-833-8773 ext. 211, LLester@esa.org Parents’ choices about when to breed have lifelong consequences for offspring. For the sixbar wrasse, the flexibility of…