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Sep 2026
The builder’s legacy: persistent reef structure creates a window for coral recovery after adult loss
Coral reef recovery depends on successful juvenile recruitment, yet which local factors govern early coral demography remains poorly resolved. Adult coral cover and reef structural complexity are widely hypothesized to regulate juvenile success, but their independent and interactive effects have not been mechanisticall...
M. Asbury, Courtney S. Couch, Thomas Oliver et al.
· bioRxiv · 1 citation