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![Scientists Russ Schmitt, Sally Holbrook conduct research on corals at the NSF Moorea LTER site.](/news/mmg/media/images/2 Schmitt et al PNAS 2019 photo credit Andrew Brooks_f.jpg)
Scientists Russ Schmitt, Sally Holbrook conduct research on corals at the NSF Moorea LTER site.
Credit: Andrew Brooks
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![Coral cover on the forereef at Moorea after a 2010 hurricane and crown-of-thorns seastar outbreak.](/news/mmg/media/images/6 Schmitt et al PNAS 2019 photo credit Russell Schmitt_f.jpg)
Coral cover on the forereef at Moorea after a 2010 hurricane and crown-of-thorns seastar outbreak.
Credit: Russell Schmitt
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![Branching, mounding corals on the Moorea forereef, 8 years after the hurricane and seastar outbreak.](/news/mmg/media/images/7 Schmitt et al 2019 PNAS photo credit Russell Schmitt_f.jpg)
Branching, mounding corals on the Moorea forereef, 8 years after the hurricane and seastar outbreak.
Credit: Russell Schmitt
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![Patch reefs in the lagoon at Moorea showing encrusting, branching corals.](/news/mmg/media/images/3 Schmitt et al PNAS 2019 photo credit Kai Kopecky_f.jpg)
Patch reefs in the lagoon at Moorea showing encrusting, branching corals.
Credit: Kai Kopecky
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![Patch reefs in the Moorea lagoon that are dominated by macroalgae.](/news/mmg/media/images/4 Schmitt et al PNAS 2019 photo credit Russell Schmitt_f.jpg)
Patch reefs in the Moorea lagoon that are dominated by macroalgae.
Credit: Russell Schmitt
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![A Moorea lagoon patch reef that's dominated by live coral.](/news/mmg/media/images/5 Schmitt et al PNAS 2019 photo credit Russell Schmitt_f.jpg)
A Moorea lagoon patch reef that's dominated by live coral.
Credit: Russell Schmitt
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