Sea change: WildFin aims to improve fish behavior analysis in the wild

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What happened

In the first year of her doctoral research, Abigail Grassick collected hours of underwater video as she studied fish communities living on bommies—individual clumps of coral—on the seafloor off the coast of Curaçao.

Key facts

  • In the first year of her doctoral research, Abigail Grassick collected hours of underwater video as she studied fish communities living on bommies—individual clumps of coral—on the seafloor off the coast of Curaçao.
  • Reported by Phys.org and published Thu, 01 Oct 2026 17:40:01 UTC.

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