Research finds that coral predators exert a much larger influence on young coral than expected

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Apr 7, 2021, 3:19 pm171 pts
You might not think an animal made out of stone would have much to worry about in the way of predators, and that's largely what scientists had thought about coral. Although corallivores like parrotfish and pufferfish are well known to biologists, their impact on coral growth and survival was believed to be…

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