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Coral Wars Competitive Interactions Among Corals.

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1 Coral Wars Competitive Interactions Among Corals

2 Competing Corals dead zone

3 Mechanisms of Competitive Interactions direct tentacular competition mesenterial filament extrusion sweeper tentacles and polyps mucus secretions overgrowth (“bulldozing”) overshading direct tentacular competition mesenterial filament extrusion sweeper tentacles and polyps mucus secretions overgrowth (“bulldozing”) overshading

4 direct tentacular killing

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6 nematocyst

7 mesenterial filament extrusion

8 mesenterial filament from Fungia scutaria

9 noxious mucus secretions

10 overgrowth (“bulldozing”)

11 overshading

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