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enter the holobiont from environmental sources (e.g., seawater, prey items, or suspension feeding) and removal rates exceed growth/immigration rates such that a dynamic and high-diversity microbiota results. Transient and stable populations compete for resources including nutrients, light and space and the outcome of resource-based competition (bottom-up control) ultimately determines population growth rate and thus ability to persist when subject to removal. Whether a population is categorized as stable or transient may depend on the timeframe considered.
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Studies have also suggested that resident bacteria, archaea, and fungi additionally contribute to nutrient and organic matter cycling within the coral, with viruses also possibly playing a role in structuring the composition of these members, thus providing one of the first glimpses at a multi-domain
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Brooding species are most often ahermatypic (not reef-building) in areas of high current or wave action. Brooders release only sperm, which is negatively buoyant, sinking onto the waiting egg carriers that harbor unfertilized eggs for weeks. Synchronous spawning events sometimes occur even with these
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The polyps of stony corals have six-fold symmetry. In stony corals, the tentacles are cylindrical and taper to a point, but in soft corals they are pinnate with side branches known as pinnules. In some tropical species, these are reduced to mere stubs and in some, they are fused to give a paddle-like
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have shifted in location. Not only have the symbionts and specific species been shown to shift, but there seems to be a certain growth rate favorable to selection. Slower-growing but more heat-tolerant corals have become more common. The changes in temperature and acclimation are complex. Some reefs
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species or microbial biofilms. High failure rates afflict many stages of this process, and even though thousands of eggs are released by each colony, few new colonies form. During settlement, larvae are inhibited by physical barriers such as sediment, as well as chemical (allelopathic) barriers. The
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is essential so that male and female gametes can meet. Spawning frequently takes place in the evening or at night, and can occur as infrequently as once a year, and within a window of 10–30 minutes. Synchronous spawning is very typical on the coral reef, and often, all corals spawn on the same night
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Many governments now prohibit removal of coral from reefs, and inform coastal residents about reef protection and ecology. While local action such as habitat restoration and herbivore protection can reduce local damage, the longer-term threats of acidification, temperature change and sea-level rise
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and symbiont influence host health, however, the historic influence of each member on others is not well understood. Scleractinian corals have been diversifying for longer than many other symbiotic systems, and their microbiomes are known to be partially species-specific. It has been suggested that
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Moonlight itself may actually suppress coral spawning. The most immediate cue to cause spawning appears to be the dark portion of the night between sunset and moonrise. Over the lunar cycle, moonrise shifts progressively later, occurring after sunset on the day of the full moon. The resulting dark
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which require sunlight; reef-forming corals are therefore found mainly in shallow water. They secrete calcium carbonate to form hard skeletons that become the framework of the reef. However, not all reef-building corals in shallow water contain zooxanthellae, and some deep water species, living at
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Division forms two polyps that each become as large as the original. Longitudinal division begins when a polyp broadens and then divides its coelenteron (body), effectively splitting along its length. The mouth divides and new tentacles form. The two polyps thus created then generate their missing
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Generalized life cycle of corals via sexual reproduction: Colonies release gametes in clusters (1) which float to the surface (2) then disperse and fertilize eggs (3). Embryos become planulae (4) and can settle onto a surface (5). They then metamorphose into a juvenile polyp (6) which then matures
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and fish larvae. Longitudinal muscular fibers formed from the cells of the ectoderm allow tentacles to contract to convey the food to the mouth. Similarly, circularly disposed muscular fibres formed from the endoderm permit tentacles to be protracted or thrust out once they are contracted. In both
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Coastal communities near coral reefs rely heavily on them. Worldwide, more than 500 million people depend on coral reefs for food, income, coastal protection, and more. The total economic value of coral reef services in the United States - including fisheries, tourism, and coastal protection - is
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Always considered a precious mineral, "the Chinese have long associated red coral with auspiciousness and longevity because of its color and its resemblance to deer antlers (so by association, virtue, long life, and high rank". It reached its height of popularity during the Manchu or Qing Dynasty
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To assess the threat level of coral, scientists developed a coral imbalance ratio, Log (Average abundance of disease-associated taxa / Average abundance of healthy associated taxa). The lower the ratio the healthier the microbial community is. This ratio was developed after the microbial mucus of
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Stable microbes may be introduced to the holobiont through horizontal or vertical transmission and persist in ecological niches within the coral polyp where growth (or immigration) rates balance removal pressures from biophysical processes and immune or ecological interactions. Transient microbes
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The external form of the polyp varies greatly. The column may be long and slender, or may be so short in the axial direction that the body becomes disk-like. The tentacles may number many hundreds or may be very few, in rare cases only one or two. They may be simple and unbranched, or feathery in
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The delineation of coral species is challenging as hypotheses based on morphological traits contradict hypotheses formed via molecular tree-based processes. As of 2020, there are 2175 identified separate coral species, 237 of which are currently endangered, making distinguishing corals to be the
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Coral skeletons are biocomposites (mineral + organics) of calcium carbonate, in the form of calcite or aragonite. In scleractinian corals, "centers of calcification" and fibers are clearly distinct structures differing with respect to both morphology and chemical compositions of the crystalline
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produce water with a naturally low pH (relatively high acidity) providing conditions similar to those expected to become widespread as the oceans absorb carbon dioxide. Surveys discovered multiple species of live coral that appeared to tolerate the acidity. The colonies were small and patchily
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is thought to have been laid down about two million years ago. Over time, corals fragment and die, sand and rubble accumulates between the corals, and the shells of clams and other molluscs decay to form a gradually evolving calcium carbonate structure. Coral reefs are extremely diverse marine
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Rugose or horn corals became dominant by the middle of the Silurian period, and during the Devonian, corals flourished with more than 200 genera. The rugose corals existed in solitary and colonial forms, and were also composed of calcite. Both rugose and tabulate corals became extinct in the
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There are two main classifications for corals: hard coral (scleractinian and stony coral) which form reefs by a calcium carbonate base, with polyps that bear six stiff tentacles, and soft coral (Alcyonacea and ahermatypic coral) which are pliable and formed by a colony of polyps with eight
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as research models since they are the most diverse genus of hard coral, having over 120 species. Most species within this genus have polyps which are dimorphic: axial polyps grow rapidly and have lighter coloration, while radial polyps are small and are darker in coloration. In the
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and mushroom corals, which are especially easy to grow and propagate in a wide variety of conditions, because they originate in enclosed parts of reefs where water conditions vary and lighting may be less reliable and direct. More serious fishkeepers may keep small polyp
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Healthy coral reefs absorb 97 percent of a wave's energy, which buffers shorelines from currents, waves, and storms, helping to prevent loss of life and property damage. Coastlines protected by coral reefs are also more stable in terms of erosion than those without.
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body parts and exoskeleton. Transversal division occurs when polyps and the exoskeleton divide transversally into two parts. This means one has the basal disc (bottom) and the other has the oral disc (top); the new polyps must separately generate the missing pieces.
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There are various types of shallow-water coral reef, including fringing reefs, barrier reefs and atolls; most occur in tropical and subtropical seas. They are very slow-growing, adding perhaps one centimetre (0.4 in) in height each year. The
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is emerging as a central member of the coral's microbiome, with flexibility in its lifestyle. Given the recent mass bleaching occurring on reefs, corals will likely continue to be a useful and popular system for symbiosis and dysbiosis research.
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produced and genetically identical modules called polyps. Polyps are connected by living tissue to produce the full organism. The living tissue allows for inter module communication (interaction between each polyp), which appears in colony
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to fill the niche vacated by the extinct rugose and tabulate orders and is not closely related to the earlier forms. Unlike the corals prevalent before the Permian extinction, which formed skeletons of a form of calcium carbonate known as
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have been examined in a variety of studies, which demonstrate how oceanic environmental variations, most notably temperature, light, and inorganic nutrients, affect the abundance and performance of the microalgal symbionts, as well as
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In medicine, chemical compounds from corals can potentially be used to treat cancer, neurological diseases, inflammation including arthritis, pain, bone loss, high blood pressure and for other therapeutic uses. Coral skeletons, e.g.
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larvae develop at the water's surface before descending to seek a hard surface on the benthos to which they can attach and begin a new colony. The larvae often need a biological cue to induce settlement such as specific crustose
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between corals and their tissue and skeleton microbiomes. The coral skeleton, which represents the most diverse of the three coral microbiomes, showed the strongest evidence of phylosymbiosis. Coral microbiome composition and
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units. The organic matrices extracted from diverse species are acidic, and comprise proteins, sulphated sugars and lipids; they are species specific. The soluble organic matrices of the skeletons allow to differentiate
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Whole colonies can reproduce asexually, forming two colonies with the same genotype. The possible mechanisms include fission, bailout and fragmentation. Fission occurs in some corals, especially among the family
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and later periods. Although they are geologically younger than the tabulate and rugose corals, the aragonite of their skeletons is less readily preserved, and their fossil record is accordingly less complete.
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as a supplement in the treatment of a variety of bone metabolic disorders associated with calcium deficiency. In classical times ingestion of pulverized coral, which consists mainly of the weak base
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sequences, since sequences produced by the Illumina platform are of insufficient length (approximately 250 base pairs) for the design of primers and probes. In 2019, Goldsmith et al. demonstrated
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stony and soft corals, the polyps can be retracted by contracting muscle fibres, with stony corals relying on their hard skeleton and cnidocytes for defense. Soft corals generally secrete
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of coral species, gene flow cannot be counted on as a dependable source of adaptation as they are very stationary organisms. Also, coral longevity might factor into their adaptivity.
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level limits their height. By analyzing the various growth morphologies, microatolls offer a low-resolution record of sea level change. Fossilized microatolls can also be dated using
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Approximately 10% of the world's coral reefs are dead. About 60% of the world's reefs are at risk due to human-related activities. The threat to reef health is particularly strong in
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zooxanthella is becoming more common where sea temperature is high. Symbionts able to tolerate warmer water seem to photosynthesise more slowly, implying an evolutionary trade-off.
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In most corals, the tentacles are retracted by day and spread out at night to catch plankton and other small organisms. Shallow-water species of both stony and soft corals can be
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near the base. Over many generations, the colony thus creates a skeleton characteristic of the species which can measure up to several meters in size. Individual colonies grow by
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and give the coral color. Such corals require sunlight and grow in clear, shallow water, typically at depths less than 60 metres (200 feet; 33 fathoms), but corals in the genus
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The spawning event can be visually dramatic, clouding the usually clear water with gametes. Once released, gametes fertilize at the water's surface and form a microscopic
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Mass coral spawning often occurs at night on days following a full moon. A full moon is equivalent to four to six hours of continuous dim light exposure, which can cause
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location that will help them adjust to the disparity in the environment even if eventually the temperatures may rise more quickly there than in other locations. This
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Polyps feed on a variety of small organisms, from microscopic zooplankton to small fish. The polyp's tentacles immobilize or kill prey using stinging cells called
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Asexual reproduction offers the benefits of high reproductive rate, delaying senescence, and replacement of dead modules, as well as geographical distribution.
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At certain times in the geological past, corals were very abundant. Like modern corals, their ancestors built reefs, some of which ended as great structures in
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which serve both for tactile sense and for the capture of food. Polyps extend their tentacles, particularly at night, often containing coiled stinging cells (
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species skeletal structure creates difficulty when physically sampled, which happens to be one of the only multidecadal living coral records used for coral
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In the Caribbean and tropical Pacific, direct contact between ~40–70% of common seaweeds and coral causes bleaching and death to the coral via transfer of
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which they rapidly release in response to contact with another organism. A dormant nematocyst discharges in response to nearby prey touching the trigger (
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knowledge. Researchers have not found enough variability within the genus to confidently delineate similar species, due to a low rate in mutation of
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Local economies near major coral reefs benefit from an abundance of fish and other marine creatures as a food source. Reefs also provide recreational
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stated boldly that several sea creatures including sea nettles and sponges "are neither animals nor plants, but are possessed of a third nature (
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or for income. It is also farmed by scientists for research, by businesses for the supply of the live and ornamental coral trade and by private
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The sac-like body built up in this way is attached to a hard surface, which in hard corals are cup-shaped depressions in the skeleton known as
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on which coral is allowed to grow and spread. These tanks are either kept in a natural-like state, with algae (sometimes in the form of an
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Environmental cues that influence the release of gametes into the water vary from species to species. The cues involve temperature change,
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The time from spawning to larval settlement is usually two to three days but can occur immediately or up to two months. Broadcast-spawned
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occur at the basal polyps, growth occurs mainly at the radial polyps. Growth at the site of the radial polyps encompasses two processes:
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with its host. This hints at an intricate set of relationships between the members of the coral holobiont that have been developing as
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USGS scientists publish long-read microbiome sequences from temperate coral, providing community resource for probe and primer design
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To eliminate destruction of corals in their indigenous regions, projects have been started to grow corals in non-tropical countries.
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coral provides a stable foundation for geochemical interpretations that is much simpler to physically extract data in comparison to
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are also found in the coral's mucus and (in stony corals) the skeleton, with the latter showing the greatest microbial richness.
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Soft corals have no solid exoskeleton as such. However, their tissues are often reinforced by small supportive elements known as
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polyps. Each polyp is a sac-like animal typically only a few millimeters in diameter and a few centimeters in height. A set of
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Landsberg et al., "Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease in Florida Is Associated With Disruption of Host–Zooxanthellae Physiology".
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larvae metamorphose into a single polyp and eventually develops into a juvenile and then adult by asexual budding and growth.
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and delineation continues to occur in species of coral in order to combat the dangers posed by the climate crisis. Corals are
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have been found as deep as 172 metres (564 feet; 94 fathoms). Corals are major contributors to the physical structure of the
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The Coral Reef Era: From Discovery to Decline: A history of scientific investigation from 1600 to the Anthropocene Epoch
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The classification of corals has been discussed for millennia, owing to having similarities to both plants and animals.
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Apprill, A. (2017) "Marine animal microbiomes: toward understanding host–microbiome interactions in a changing ocean".
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The global moisture budget is primarily being influenced by tropical sea surface temperatures from the position of the
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and access into islands and bays are localized threats to coral ecosystems. Broader threats are sea temperature rise,
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Pedanius Dioscorides – Der Wiener Dioskurides, Codex medicus Graecus 1 der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek Graz:
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Strauss, Chloe; Long, Hongan; Patterson, Caitlyn E.; Te, Ronald; Lynch, Michael (2017-09-06). Moran, Nancy A. (ed.).
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Lacey, Pippa, "The Coral Network: The trade of red coral to the Qing imperial court in the eighteenth century" in
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period between day-light and night-light removes the suppressive effect of moonlight and enables coral to spawn.
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which can survive as deep as 3,300 metres (10,800 feet; 1,800 fathoms). Some have been found as far north as the
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Tun, K.; Chou, L.M.; Cabanban, A.; Tuan, V.S.; Philreefs, S.; Yeemin, T.; Suharsono; Sour, K.; Lane, D. (2004).
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because the algae contribute to coral coloration; some colors, however, are due to host coral pigments, such as
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and species of Octocorallia have polyps with an eightfold symmetry, each polyp having eight tentacles and eight
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Knowlton, N. and Rohwer, F. (2003) "Multispecies microbial mutualisms on coral reefs: the host as a habitat".
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that encourage dive and snorkel centres to follow a Code of Conduct have been proven to mitigate these risks.
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Ferse, Sebastian C.A. (2010). "Poor Performance of Corals Transplanted onto Substrates of Short Durability".
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The comparison of coral strontium/calcium minimums with sea surface temperature maximums, data recorded from
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Other corals do not rely on zooxanthellae and can live globally in much deeper water, such as the cold-water
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Smithers, Scott G.; Woodroffe, Colin D. (2000). "Microatolls as sea-level indicators on a mid-ocean atoll".
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pattern. The mouth may be level with the surface of the peristome, or may be projecting and trumpet-shaped.
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events where polyps expel the zooxanthellae in response to stress such as high water temperature or toxins.
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Kilbourne, K. Halimeda; Quinn, Terrence M.; Taylor, Frederick W.; Delcroix, Thierry; Gouriou, Yves (2004).
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alongside rugose corals. Tabulate coral numbers began to decline during the middle of the Silurian period.
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to study microbial community interactions associated with symbiotic state. However, the ability to develop
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Wu, Henry C.; Linsley, Braddock K.; DassiĂŠ, Emilie P.; Schiraldi, Benedetto; deMenocal, Peter B. (2013).
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Hatta, M.; Fukami, H.; Wang, W.; Omori, M.; Shimoike, K.; Hayashibara, T.; Ina, Y.; Sugiyama, T. (1999).
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Corals are one of the more common examples of an animal host whose symbiosis with microalgae can turn to
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Studies suggest that light pollution desynchronizes spawning in some coral species. In areas such as the
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made of calcium carbonate. The polyps of soft corals have eight-fold symmetry, which is reflected in the
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Hoegh-Guldberg O. (1999). "Climate change, coral bleaching and the future of the world's coral reefs".
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Environmental factors, such as the rise of temperatures and acid levels in our oceans account for some
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describes it as "a type of tree (מין עץ) that grows underwater that goes by the (French) name "coral."
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Artist's depiction of life on the ocean floor as it may have appeared prior to the evolution of corals
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in Chinese. The "early-modern 'coral network' the Mediterranean Sea to Qing China via the English
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Corals are shallow, colonial organisms that integrate oxygen and trace elements into their skeletal
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Though coral have large sexually-reproducing populations, their evolution can be slowed by abundant
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produced by corals, and is one of the main identifying characteristics for a species of coral.
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Aquarium Corals: Collection and Aquarium Husbandry of Northeast Pacific Non-Photosynthetic Cnidaria
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b. Goldsmith, Dawn; a. Pratte, Zoe; a. Kellogg, Christina; e. Snader, Sara; h. Sharp, Koty (2019).
3882:"existing and potential value of coral ecosystems with respect to income and other economic values" 3142: 1981: 1878: 1877: 590: 586: 570: 446:, in his book on stones, implying it was a mineral, but he described it as a deep-sea plant in his 6644: 2515:. Intensely red coral is prized as a gemstone. Sometimes called fire coral, it is not the same as 2296: 9021: 8642: 8159: 7610:
Lukas, Roger; Lindstrom, Eric (1991). "The mixed layer of the western equatorial Pacific Ocean".
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Sharp, Koty H.; Pratte, Zoe A.; Kerwin, Allison H.; Rotjan, Randi D.; Stewart, Frank J. (2017).
4706:"Reproductive and genetic evidence for a reticulate evolutionary theory of mass spawning corals" 2264:
variations, a perceptible association to annual coral growth rings confirms the age conversion.
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has been demonstrated in many cases, which is usually due to a shift in coral and zooxanthellae
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distributed and had not formed structurally complex reefs such as those that compose the nearby
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changes can kill some species of coral. Under such environmental stresses, corals expel their
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to more specifically target key microbial groups has been hindered by the lack of full-length
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have progressed toward more tolerant types of zooxanthellae. Scientists found that a certain
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may be destroyed by 2030; as a result, most nations protect them through environmental laws.
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Horn and Crescent: Cultural Change and Traditional Islam on the East African Coast, 800–1900
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Webster, Nicole S.; Smith, Luke D.; Heyward, Andrew J.; Watts, Joy E. M.; Webb, Richard I.;
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has a unique meteorological feature positioned in the southwestern Pacific Basin called the
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Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific, Animals Life from Africa to Hawai'i (invertebrates)
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Ferrario, F.; Beck, M.W.; Storlazzi, C.D.; Micheli, F.; Shepard, C.C.; Airoldi, L. (2014).
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Budding involves splitting a smaller polyp from an adult. As the new polyp grows, it forms
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in their branch tips and bases that arose through developmental signaling pathways such as
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used a microscope to establish that coral had the characteristic thin cell membranes of an
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Kleypas, J.A.; Feely, R.A.; Fabry, V.J.; Langdon, C.; Sabine, C.L.; Robbins, L.L. (2006).
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showing multiplication by budding (small central plate) and division (large double plate)
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at the end of the Ordovician. Corals reappeared some millions of years later during the
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refers to coral among a list of types of trees, and the 11th-century French commentator
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Geochemical analysis of skeletal coral can be linked to sea surface salinity (SSS) and
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A healthy coral reef has a striking level of biodiversity in many forms of marine life.
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on their tentacles, most corals obtain the majority of their energy and nutrients from
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Ricardo, Gerard F.; Jones, Ross J.; Nordborg, Mikaela; Negri, Andrew P. (2017-12-31).
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Climate research on live coral species is limited to a few studied species. Studying
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depths to which light cannot penetrate, form reefs but do not harbour the symbionts.
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are present. Synchronous spawning may form hybrids and is perhaps involved in coral
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Soft corals vary considerably in form, and most are colonial. A few soft corals are
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species. After fertilization, the corals release planula that are ready to settle.
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to strengthen and protect the organism. This is deposited by the polyps and by the
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in tropical regions (~1 Â°C (1.8 Â°F)) the last century have caused major
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was capable of reproducing the biologically relevant diversity detected by deeper
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Hume, Benjamin C. C.; D'Angelo, Cecilia; Burt, John A.; Wiedenmann, JĂśrg (2018).
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variations. To confirm the accuracy of the annual relationship between Sr/Ca and
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Systematic studies of soft coral species have faced challenges due to a lack of
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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Babylonian Talmud, Rosh Hashana 23a, and commentary of Rashi (24th narrow line)
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Presently, corals are classified as species of animals within the sub-classes
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tourism. These activities can damage coral but international projects such as
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Administration, US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric.
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Coral reefs in places such as the East African coast are used as a source of
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Top-down and bottom-up control of microbiota structure in the coral holobiont
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US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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US Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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The saltwater fishkeeping hobby has expanded, over recent years, to include
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Coral reefs are under stress around the world. In particular, coral mining,
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The zooxanthellae benefit from a safe place to live and consume the polyp's
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Sheppard, Charles R.C.; Davy, Simon K.; Pilling, Graham M. (25 June 2009).
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period, and tabulate corals often form low cushions or branching masses of
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Guide to the Shallow-Water (0-200m) Octocorals of the South Atlantic Bight
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phenomenon can be related to variations in sea surface salinity (SSS) and
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ratio from local salinity variations associated with the position of the
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In the Gulf of Mexico, where sea temperatures are rising, cold-sensitive
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Save Our Seas, 1997 Summer Newsletter, Cindy Hunter and Alan Friedlander
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Water temperature changes of more than 1–2 Â°C (1.8–3.6 Â°F) or
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feather-like tentacles. These two classifications arose from
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is established by the blending of Sr/Ca data, growth rings, and
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The group of corals is 306:to form a hard skeleton. 211: 206: 147:Scientific classification 145: 136: 127: 48: 8997:East African coral coast 8670:Fast Facts - Coral Reefs 8641:The Ocean Portal by the 8614:Coral Reefs of the World 7993:Pharmacological Research 6616:"Threats to Coral Reefs" 6111:10.3389/fcimb.2014.00176 6076:10.3389/fcimb.2014.00176 5819:10.3389/fmicb.2017.00341 5497:10.3389/fmars.2017.00222 4443:Brownlee, Colin (2009). 3271:10.3389/fmars.2018.00138 2628:, St. George's Tower of 2559:, a 6th-century copy of 2421:Marine Protected Areas, 2068:sea surface temperatures 1982:greenhouse gas emissions 1537: 37:Not to be confused with 8643:Smithsonian Institution 8520:Nybakken, J.W. 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(1959). 2809:Dendrogyra cylindricus 2669: 2570: 2508: 2382: 2301: 2248:Oxygen isotope anomaly 2062:Climate change impacts 1980:, all associated with 1941: 1648: 1606: 1563: 1534: 1520: 1453: 1348: 1285: 1248: 1180: 1153:reproductive synchrony 1077: 958: 933: 765: 701:colony differentiation 32:Coral (disambiguation) 9159:Coral reef protection 9123:Skeletal eroding band 8929:Catlin Seaview Survey 8917:Census of Coral Reefs 8895:mesophotic coral reef 8611:Wells, Susan (1988). 8101:Nature Communications 7398:Ecological Monographs 7265:Global Change Biology 6994:oceanservice.noaa.gov 6004:Nature Communications 5745:Nature Communications 5336:Gulko, David (1998). 4373:Montastraea annularis 3661:10.1128/mBio.01021-17 3520:10.1104/pp.104.040394 3477:Developmental Biology 3055:Bowen, James (2015). 2667: 2554: 2499: 2417:Coral reef protection 2378: 2299: 1939: 1638: 1597: 1561: 1526: 1505: 1446: 1334: 1277: 1245: 1177:Montastraea cavernosa 1170: 1075: 956: 929:Montastraea cavernosa 926: 763: 693:extra cellular matrix 485:The Persian polymath 311:genetically identical 9269:Aquaculture of coral 9052:Non-tropical regions 8467:. Coral Reef Press. 8322:Rinkevich B (2008). 7842:Juliana Anicia Codex 7656:on December 18, 2010 7552:10.1029/2012GC004293 7472:10.1029/2004PA001033 6166:MSN Encarta (2006). 4128:. The Darwin Press. 2714:Aquaculture of coral 2636:Shoreline protection 2620:of the hills around 2557:Juliana Anicia Codex 2448:remain a challenge. 2284:and can be used for 2139:asexual reproduction 1603:Acropora cervicornis 1376:gammaproteobacterium 1205:Dipsastraea speciosa 970:. These cells carry 685:asexual reproduction 579:improve this article 323:asexual reproduction 274:marine invertebrates 30:For other uses, see 9187:Coral Reef Alliance 9077:Solomon Archipelago 8982:Belize Barrier Reef 8957:African coral reefs 8505:. Sea Challengers. 8393:2010ResEc..18..399F 8381:Restoration Ecology 8343:2008MarPB..56.1821R 8301:2006MarPo..30..111P 8266:2011JEMBE.399..162H 8113:2014NatCo...5.3794F 7923:10.1155/2013/572859 7872:10.1155/2014/184959 7768:2013OCM....78...35H 7624:1991JGR....96.3343L 7584:1989JCli....2.1185K 7543:2013GGG....14.1435W 7504:2003GeCoA..67.1609R 7463:2004PalOc..19.4002K 7410:2007EcoM...77..503M 7359:2009EcoAp..19....3B 7277:2005GCBio..11.2251D 7214:2004Natur.430..741B 7129:2003Sci...301..929H 7085:2000MGeol.168...61S 6840:2010PNAS..107.9683R 6620:Coral Reef Alliance 6601:. 2 September 2009. 6476:2006Geo....34..525R 6369:2012PPP...321..137V 6363:. 321–322: 137–41. 6324:2008JPal...82..409V 6176:on October 28, 2009 6137:1985CorRe...4....1S 6016:2018NatCo...9.4921P 5953:2017MicEc..73..466V 5898:2015CorRe..34.1087L 5757:2018NatCo...9.4921P 5613:10.1038/nature21707 5463:(45): 17442–17446. 5305:2008MEPS..362..129B 5248:2017ScTEn.609..277R 5183:2004ApEnM..70.1213W 5132:1988JEMBE.116..193M 5019:2020ResEc..28.1172S 5007:Restoration Ecology 4953:2021CBio...31E.413A 4887:2020NatSR..10.5488C 4766:2021PNAS..11801985L 4760:(34): e2101985118. 4627:2023ARMS...15..509H 4461:2009PNAS..10616541B 4455:(39): 16541–16542. 4226:2014PLoSO...997003Y 4167:2014PLoSO...998999Y 4014:2003GeCoA..67...75C 3963:1998PalZ...72..257C 3858:10.1017/jpa.2017.49 3849:2017JPal...91..871P 3569:2013ODivE..13..135S 3021:Leroi, Armand Marie 2957:2021ISMEJ..15.1564R 2921:Ringstead Coral Bed 2897:Corals, Tis Beach, 2878:Corals, Tis Beach, 2790:Eusmilia fastigiata 2618:Coral Rag Formation 2500:6-strand necklace, 2310:Southern Hemisphere 1978:ocean acidification 1281:Orbicella annularis 1156:even when multiple 1056:Corals can be both 823:from the ectoderm. 735:Ocean acidification 731:heat shock proteins 591:footnote references 448:Enquiries on Plants 9133:White band disease 9118:Black band disease 9087:Tuvalu Archipelago 9067:Raja Ampat Islands 9007:Great Barrier Reef 8685:"What is a coral?" 8661:Coral Reef Biology 8219:2016-08-06 at the 8188:2017-06-06 at the 8121:10.1038/ncomms4794 7739:2012-04-26 at the 7734:KoralenKAS project 7720:2011-03-07 at the 7572:Journal of Climate 7196:Baker, A. 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These shifts in 2125:radiocarbon dating 2098:incremental dating 1942: 1837:, appeared in the 1649: 1612:Great Barrier Reef 1607: 1564: 1535: 1521: 1454: 1389:Astrangia poculata 1349: 1286: 1249: 1181: 1078: 959: 934: 766: 384:Great Barrier Reef 139:Great Barrier Reef 9312: 9311: 9220: 9219: 9138:White pox disease 8987:Coral Sea Islands 8603:978-0-8248-1504-2 8584:978-0-19-105734-2 8563:978-0-531-10994-6 8539:Redhill, Surrey. 8531:978-0-8053-4582-7 8512:978-0-930118-21-1 8493:978-0-471-81528-0 8474:978-0-9645625-0-9 8455:978-0-9802365-0-7 8436:978-981-00-5687-2 8059:978-0-521-52309-7 7795:Los Angeles Times 7632:10.1029/90JC01951 7428:10.1890/06-1182.1 7367:10.1890/08-0139.1 6756:978-1-56973-762-0 6573:on 9 January 2009 6559:"Corals: Table 1" 6286:978-0-231-10613-9 6212:978-0-520-23255-6 5941:Microbial Ecology 5661:AIMS Microbiology 5607:(7645): 373–377. 5587:10.1038/srep40579 5555:(19): 8315–8324. 5374:978-0-19-105734-2 5347:978-1-56647-221-0 5314:10.3354/meps07524 5069:978-0-12-389602-5 5028:10.1111/rec.13178 4947:(2): 413–419.e3. 4855:978-0-86542-834-8 4690:978-0-642-32236-4 4564:Knowable Magazine 4533:978-0-231-52715-6 4337:978-94-010-8370-6 4135:978-0-87850-138-0 3935:978-1-883693-09-1 3717:978-81-315-0104-7 3457:978-1-86977-584-1 3239:Our World in Data 3102:978-0-520-95363-5 3068:978-3-319-07479-5 3036:978-1-4088-3622-4 2858:off the coast of 2719:Coral aquaculture 2614:building material 2594:calcium carbonate 2566:De Materia Medica 2457:genetic diversity 2194:fundamental niche 2042:YucatĂĄn Peninsula 1918: 1917: 1913: 1739:extinction events 1653:sedimentary rocks 1519: 1469:codiversification 1418:Sanger sequencing 1353:Marine microbiome 1327:Coral microbiomes 1137: 1136: 1086:hermatypic corals 892:in Octocorallia. 782:calcium carbonate 716:mitochondrial DNA 619: 618: 611: 476:Babylonian Talmud 386:off the coast of 304:calcium carbonate 267: 266: 202: 16:(Redirected from 9337: 9299:Deep-water coral 9274:Coral dermatitis 9175: 9174: 8890:Deep-water coral 8822: 8729: 8722: 8715: 8706: 8705: 8699: 8697: 8696: 8628: 8607: 8588: 8567: 8555: 8544: 8535: 8516: 8497: 8478: 8459: 8440: 8413: 8412: 8376: 8370: 8369: 8367: 8361:. 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6092: 6061: 6057: 5996: 5992: 5933: 5929: 5878: 5874: 5829: 5825: 5804: 5800: 5737: 5733: 5721:(S4): S51-S62. 5712: 5708: 5649: 5645: 5623: 5619: 5597: 5593: 5571: 5567: 5542: 5538: 5517: 5513: 5482: 5475: 5454: 5450: 5440:Pacific Science 5437: 5433: 5386: 5382: 5375: 5359: 5355: 5348: 5334: 5330: 5285: 5281: 5228: 5224: 5159: 5155: 5112: 5108: 5081: 5077: 5070: 5056: 5052: 4998: 4994: 4941:Current Biology 4932: 4928: 4867: 4863: 4856: 4842: 4835: 4825: 4823: 4817:"The Lunar Sea" 4813: 4809: 4746: 4739: 4716:(11): 1607–13. 4702: 4698: 4691: 4677: 4668: 4607: 4596: 4586: 4584: 4556: 4541: 4534: 4518: 4514: 4509: 4505: 4500: 4496: 4441: 4437: 4428: 4426: 4395:10.2307/1543614 4367: 4363: 4350: 4349: 4345: 4338: 4324: 4320: 4311: 4309: 4298: 4291: 4281: 4279: 4266: 4265: 4261: 4206: 4202: 4147: 4143: 4136: 4122: 4115: 4084: 4080: 4041: 4037: 3998: 3994: 3947: 3943: 3936: 3922: 3918: 3902: 3901: 3895: 3893: 3878: 3874: 3829: 3825: 3794:10.2307/1543048 3774: 3770: 3739: 3737: 3736: 3725: 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