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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Dick Dodge, the Chief Editor of Coral Reefs, for his support and encouragement during the compilation of this issue and the many reviewers (listed below) who kindly gave their time to undertake reviews of the submitted papers. We would also like to thank all the authors, whether their work appears in this (full!) issue or elsewhere, for contributing material for consideration for this issue. Judy Allen is thanked for her invaluable knowledge and input regarding matters botanical, and Brian Rosen, Scott Smithers, Raphael Wust, and Peter Ridd offered useful comments to improve this introduction.

The reviewers of manuscripts contributed to this issue were: Ken Anthony, Richard Aronson, Russ Babcock, Dave Barnes, Ray Berklemans, Carlo Bianchi, Robert Black, Paul Blanchon, Yvonne Bone, Colin Braithwaite, John Bythell, Steve Coles, Thierry Correge, Andrew Costen, Evan Edinger, Katharina Fabricus, Chip Fletcher, Jorn Geister, Doug Haywick, Jim Hendee, David Hopley, David Kennedy, Piers Larcombe, Janice Lough, Joanie Kleypas, Ian MacIntyre, David Neil, Alan Orpin, Christine Ferrier-Pagès, Chris Perry, Peter Ridd, Bernhard Riegl, Brian Rosen, Robbie Smith, Scott Smithers, Frank Te, Sandy Tudhope, Jerry Wellington, Rob Van Woesik, and Raphael Wust.

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  2. Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture (CEFAS), Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 OHT, UK

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Perry, C.T., Larcombe, P. Marginal and non-reef-building coral environments. Coral Reefs 22, 427–432 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-003-0330-5

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