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Finding Nemo’s mother Life on a coral reef

Real life coral reef biology is rather different from that depicted in the film Finding Nemo. Clownfish parental care stops when clownfish eggs hatch, and if a female dies she is quickly replaced. Reproductive biologist Liz Sheffield explains, and outlines some of the challenges faced by coral reef inhabitants

Figure 1 Clownfishes and their host anemones in a coral reef ecosystem

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