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Coral Wars: Competitive Interactions Among Corals

Explore the mechanisms of competitive interactions in coral reefs, from direct tentacular competition to overgrowth strategies like "bulldozing" and "overshading". Discover how corals use mucus secretions and mesenterial filament extrusion in competing for survival.

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Coral Wars: Competitive Interactions Among Corals

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  1. Coral Wars Competitive Interactions Among Corals

  2. dead zone Competing Corals

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

  4. direct tentacular killing

  5. direct tentacular killing

  6. nematocyst

  7. mesenterial filament extrusion

  8. mesenterial filament from Fungia scutaria

  9. noxious mucus secretions

  10. overgrowth(“bulldozing”)

  11. overshading

  12. overshading

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