Coral Reefs

Papers
(The median citation count of Coral Reefs is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Natural products from Caribbean octocorals demonstrate bioactivity against Vibrio coralliilyticus strains100
Correction to: Using commercial high‑resolution satellite imagery to monitor a nuisance macroalga in the largest marine protected area in the USA61
Colour pattern has no influence on the visual recognition of conspecifics by coral reef fish juveniles37
Mapping monumental corals through citizen science34
DNA metabarcoding confirms primary targets and breadth of diet for coral reef butterflyfishes34
Telomere dynamics in the Pacific crown-of-thorns seastar (Acanthaster cf. solaris): effect of age, diet, and tissue type32
Highly repetitive space-use dynamics in parrotfishes29
Demographic recovery of corals at a wave-exposed reef following catastrophic disturbance25
Nowhere to hide: massive corals’ mortality after cumulative heat stress in a putative climate change refugium25
Did the historic overharvesting of sea cucumbers make coral more susceptible to pathogens?24
Comparing anesthetic stations and environmental DNA sampling to determine community composition of cryptobenthic coral reef fishes of Vava’u, Kingdom of Tonga24
Acute heat stress and the extirpation of a threatened coral species from a remote, subtropical reef system23
A carbon cycling model shows strong control of seasonality and importance of sponges on the functioning of a northern Red Sea coral reef22
Exploring seasonal dynamics in Palythoa caribaeorum-dominated habitats using photogrammetry22
Remote video surveys unveil the diurnal variability of trophic-based processes by fishes on coral reefs22
Correction to: Biogeophysical drivers of abundance for habitat-shifting reef fishes on stepping-stone coral patch reefs21
Spawning times and breeding trials suggest no inbreeding occurs between Porites aff. lutea and P. cf cylindrica21
Combination of hermaphroditic and gonochoric sexual modes in the coral Porites cylindrica21
Re(de)fining degree-heating week: coral bleaching variability necessitates regional and temporal optimization of global forecast model stress metrics20
Selecting response traits that reveal ecological strategies of tropical seaweeds on reefs in Mo’orea, French Polynesia20
Symbiodiniaceae diversity in Pocillopora corals in different environments of the Colombian Eastern Pacific: symbiont specificity in spite of coral-host flexibility20
Conservation priorities for reef-building coral biodiversity across multiple dimensions in the South China Sea19
Inter- and intraspecific diversity in bacterial communities associated with two crustose coralline algae from the NW Mediterranean Sea19
Correction to: Seasonal variation in reef fish assemblages in the environmentally extreme southern Persian/Arabian Gulf19
Symbiodinium necroappetens outbreak and persistence in Southwestern Atlantic corals following a bleaching event18
Local conditions modulated the effects of marine heatwaves on coral bleaching in subtropical Hong Kong waters18
Thermal stress response of Antipathella wollastoni (Gray, 1857) from the Canary Islands archipelago18
Diel changes in subcellular traits of an intracellular Symbiodiniaceae sponge specialist: pyrenoid, chloroplast, and granule plasticity in the symbiont Gerakladium spongiolum17
Patterns of coral spawning in the Palm Islands, Great Barrier Reef17
Two decades of coral carbonate production within and across geomorphic zones16
Inside the mesophotic zone: taxonomic and trait diversity of epifauna associated with black coral forests across an oceanic archipelago16
Rubble in paradise: motile infaunal diversity patterns across reef environments in Palau16
Benthic assemblages are more predictable than fish assemblages at an island scale15
Coral reef potential connectivity in the southwest Indian Ocean15
Ten years of dynamic co-management of a multi-species reef fishery15
Potential environment effect on ultrahigh resolution Sr/Ca of giant clam shells from South China Sea15
Trace DNA from a century-old holotype specimen resolves taxonomic uncertainties: the case of the Hawaiian pink precious coral (Pleurocorallium secundum), a CITES-listed species used in jewelry15
Cultivable bacteria associated with Caribbean octocorals are active against coral pathogens but exhibit variable bioactivity when grown under different temperature conditions15
Correction to: Conservation benefits of no-take marine reserves outweigh modest benefits of partially protected areas for targeted coral reef fishes14
Speciation of coral-associated barnacles: generalists versus specialists in the Indo-West Pacific14
The relative influence of environmental cues on reproductive allocation of a highly iteroparous coral reef fish14
Photogrammetry for coral structural complexity: What is beyond sight?14
A 2018 epizootic of a tissue-loss disease in the Southwestern Gulf of Mexico: implications for coral health and conservation14
Examining the sublethal impacts of environmentally relevant concentrations of Karenia brevis on three South Florida reef-building coral species using a multi-omics workflow14
Strong genetic structure and limited connectivity among populations of Clark’s Anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) in the centre of marine biodiversity14
Correction: Impacts of coral bleaching on pH and oxygen gradients across the coral concentration boundary layer: a microsensor study13
Energy acquisition and allocation strategies in scleractinian corals: insights from intraspecific trait variability13
Confronting the ‘nocturnal problem’ in coral reefs: sleeping site selection and cocoon formation in parrotfishes13
Role of feeding and physiological trade-offs in sustaining resilience of the coral Galaxea fascicularis to light limitation13
Dietary variation and seasonal changes in the fish egg eating specialist, Emydocephalus ijimae (Squamata: Reptilia) in mid-latitude coral reefs13
Differing lesion recovery rates of two Caribbean stony coral species across a shallow water to mesophotic depth gradient suggest different sensitivity to repeated disturbance12
A note on the sexual reproductive biology of Ricordea yuma (Corallimorpharia)12
Biophysical drivers of coral reef community structure across a tropical benthic seascape12
Limited susceptibility of Lobophora to browsing fishes on inshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef12
Habitat trumps biogeography in structuring coral reef fishes12
Partial bleaching and survival responses in the outer mantle of the giant clam Tridacna squamosa exposed to temperature stress12
Geochemical evidence of temporal ecosystem photosynthetic plasticity within a pristine coral atoll12
Fitted Fv/Fm temperature response curves: applying lessons from plant ecophysiology to acute thermal stress experiments in coral holobionts12
Differential feeding preferences and population responses of six obligate corallivore fishes during a mass coral bleaching event11
Spatial structuring of coral traits along a subtropical-temperate transition zone persists despite localised signs of tropicalisation11
Ephemeral hypoxia reduces oxygen consumption in the Caribbean coral Orbicella faveolata11
Mobile reef fishes as drivers of metacommunity dynamics in benthic cyanobacterial mats11
Foraging microhabitat preferences of invertivorous fishes within tropical macroalgal meadows: identification of canopy specialists11
Correction to: Quantifying capture and ingestion of live feeds across three coral species11
Diverse patterns of larval coral reef fish vertical distribution and consequences for dispersal and connectivity11
Fate-tracking early coral recruits following bleaching in a remote reef ecosystem11
Utilisation of macroalgal habitats by juvenile rabbitfishes on an inshore reef11
Geomorphological drivers of deeper reef habitats around Seychelles11
Sulphate reduction and carbonate precipitation in a high-energy algal rim framework11
Variation in species and functional composition of octocorals and zoantharians across a tropical to temperate environmental gradient in the Indo-Pacific11
Correction to: The contribution of corals to reef structural complexity in Kāne ‘ohe Bay10
Dynamic evolution of coral reef ecosystems in the South China Sea under global change: a comprehensive multidimensional numerical simulation10
Long-term outcomes of passive and active restoration approaches following a vessel grounding in Hawaii, USA10
Evaluation of the Allen Coral Atlas benthic habitat map product for New Caledonia using representative habitat observations from a multi-species fishery assessment10
The diversity, distribution, and temporal stability of coral ‘zooxanthellae’ on a pacific reef: from the scale of individual colonies to across the host community10
Coral-associated Symbiodiniaceae dynamics during the 2016 mass bleaching event in New Caledonia10
Colony self-shading facilitates Symbiodiniaceae cohabitation in a South Pacific coral community10
Biogeophysical drivers of abundance for habitat-shifting reef fishes on stepping-stone coral patch reefs10
Correction to: Calcification rates in the lower photic zone and their ecological implications10
Coral carbonate production across depth: homogenisation after bleaching?10
Coral health status before and after the tourism halt caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Koh Tao (Thailand)10
Reproductive cycle of reef-building scleractinians from a Mediterranean mesophotic coral reef9
Simulated connectivity of crown-of-thorns starfish around Ashizuri-Uwakai National Park (western Japan) based on a high-resolution hydrodynamic modeling9
Reproductive phenology and sexual propagation of the pink sea fan Eunicella verrucosa (Pallas, 1766): implications for coral restoration9
Fine-scale habitat partitioning among 14 species of coral reef dwarfgobies (Gobiidae: Eviota) in the Red Sea9
Stable symbiont communities persist in parents, gametes, and larvae of Montipora capitata across historical bleaching phenotypes9
DNA metabarcoding as a tool for characterising the spatio-temporal distribution of planktonic larvae in the phylum Echinodermata9
Highly diverse and geographically differentiated Symbiodiniaceae communities associated with the hydrocoral Millepora alcicornis in the Atlantic Ocean9
Occurrence of UV filter molecules in Paramuricea clavata and the role of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) in the Ligurian Sea, Italy9
Movement dynamics, sediment turnover and sheltering behaviours of the nocturnal coral reef sea cucumber, Stichopus cf. monotuberculatus9
Correction to: Impacts of nursery-based propagation and out-planting on coral-associated bacterial communities9
Characterizing the extent of the oceanic 60–150 m deep mesophotic zone in Tuamotu-Gambier Archipelago atolls using multibeam bathymetry and geomorphology data9
Characterization and phylogenetic implications of the mitochondrial genomes of the Phyllidiidae (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) from the South China Sea9
The effects of seawater temperature-induced coral bleaching on the aragonite structure and material properties of massive Porites lutea coral skeletons9
Coralline Hills: high complexity reef habitats on seamount summits of the Vitória-Trindade Chain9
The short spined crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster brevispinus is a corallivore too9
Microbial characterization of the first occurrence of White Plague disease in the endemic brain coral Mussismilia hispida at Alcatrazes Archipelago, Brazil8
Assessing coral reef conservation planning in Wakatobi National Park (Indonesia) from larval connectivity networks8
eDNA monitoring detects new outbreak wave of corallivorous seastar (Acanthaster cf. solaris) at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef8
Year-round variations in reserve lipid molecular species of the Indo-Pacific corals Sinularia flexibilis and Millepora platyphylla8
Studying functions on coral reefs: past perspectives, current conundrums, and future potential8
A decade of benthic changes on coral reefs in the Southern Persian/Arabian Gulf (2010–2020)8
Investigating the ability of coral reefs to protect shorelines in the Republic of Kiribati8
Growth responses of mixotrophic giant clams on nearshore turbid coral reefs8
Cost-effective coral settlement substrates for restoration, exports and research8
A metagenomic-based study of two sites from the Barbadian reef system8
Correction to: Geomorphological drivers of deeper reef habitats around Seychelles8
Depth stratified light trap sampling reveals variation in the depth distribution of late-stage cryptobenthic reef fish larvae8
Low light intensity increased survival of coral spat in aquaculture7
Symbiotic dinoflagellates of the giant clam, Tridacna squamosa, express an extracellular alpha carbonic anhydrase associated with the plasma membrane to promote HCO3− dehydration and CO2 uptake during7
Deoxygenation following coral spawning and low-level thermal stress trigger mass coral mortality at Coral Bay, Ningaloo Reef7
Diversity and distribution of corals of opportunity in a marginal and extreme reef environment7
Correction to: Outplanting of branching Acropora enhances recolonization of a fish species and protects massive corals from predation7
Sediment topography enhances the response of coral reef carbonate sediment dissolution to ocean acidification7
Mesophotic vs. shallow water reefs: ecosystem connectivity in the Silurian of Gotland7
Projected ocean acidification and seasonal temperature alter the behaviour and growth of a range extending tropical fish7
Estimating coral reef carbonate budgets using Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry7
Extreme low-frequency waves on the Ofu, American Samoa, reef flat7
Revisiting the terms used in net ecosystem calcification studies, carbonate budgets, and the equation of coral reef growth7
Structural attributes and macrofaunal assemblages associated with rose gorgonian gardens (Leptogorgia sp. nov.) in Central Chile: opening the door for conservation actions7
Timing of final oocyte maturation in Acropora and merulinid corals7
The role of parapodia and lack of photoacclimation in kleptoplasts of the sacoglossan sea slug Plakobranchus ocellatus7
The giant clam Tridacna squamosa quickly regenerates iridocytes and restores symbiont quantity and phototrophic potential to above-control levels in the outer mantle after darkness-induced bleaching7
Short-term stress testing predicts subsequent natural bleaching variation7
Impact of the 2023 coral bleaching event in Martinique, Eastern Caribbean7
High herbivory despite high sediment loads on a fringing coral reef7
Fine-scale heterogeneity reveals disproportionate thermal stress and coral mortality in thermally variable reef habitats during a marine heatwave7
High-resolution observations of submarine groundwater discharge reveal the fine spatial and temporal scales of nutrient exposure on a coral reef: Faga'alu, AS7
Promoting larval settlement of coral Pocillopora damicornis by calcium7
Genetic diversity and structure among Acropora austera populations in Mozambique suggest low resilience potential of one of the world’s most charismatic coral reefs7
A user’s guide to coral reef restoration terminologies7
Antarctic deep-sea coral larvae may be resistant to end-century ocean warming7
Morphological organization and ultrastructural evaluation of the oocyte–sperm bundle of the Southwestern Atlantic coral Mussismilia harttii7
Impact of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) enrichment and skewed N:P stoichiometry on the skeletal formation and microstructure of symbiotic reef corals6
Coral reef attributes associated with microplastic exposure6
Ultrastructural evidence for cryoinjury of the scleractinian coral larvae6
Diel patterns of symbiont expulsion in Caribbean reef corals are coral species-dependent and driven by symbiont load and photosynthetic performance6
Fine resolution satellite sea surface temperatures capture the conditions experienced by corals at monthly but not daily timescales6
Coral settlement and recruitment are negatively related to reef fish trait diversity6
Cross-habitat patterns of sediment transport and release by surgeonfishes6
Distinct coral reef habitat communities characterized by environmental DNA metabarcoding6
Variance of coral anti-pathogen defense in response to transplantation between coral- and macroalgal-dominated reefs6
The reef-building coral Galaxea fascicularis: a new model system for coral symbiosis research6
Changes of Tiahura (Moorea Island) reef flat habitats using 67 years of remote sensing observations6
Impending extirpation of an isolated Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) population at Glover’s Atoll, Belize, based on two decades of monitoring6
Using underwater mini-ROV for coral eDNA survey: a case study in Okinawan mesophotic ecosystems6
An examination of seasonal variation in taxonomic richness and community composition using eDNA on a tropical coral reef6
Effects of onshore development and damselfish (Stegastes nigricans) on coral richness in Opunohu Bay and Cook’s Bay in Moorea, French Polynesia6
Spawning window and fecundity in three Acroporid corals from the environmentally variable semi-enclosed lagoon of Bouraké6
A test of adaptive strategy theory using fifteen years of change in coral abundance6
Complex sound scattering layer and water-column dynamics over a mesophotic coral ecosystem: Southwest Puerto Rico, U.S.A6
Pocillopora host–symbiont interactions along an extreme environmental gradient6
Is the Coral Triangle’s future shown in a Pliocene reef gap?6
Correction to: The impact of coral reef habitat and microbial abundance status on sponge-associated prokaryotic communities6
Evaluating the role of moonlight-darkness dynamics as proximate spawning cues in an Acropora coral6
Effects of the ocean acidification on the functional structure of coral reef nematodes5
The community stability of Symbiodiniaceae and bacteria of different morphological corals and linkages to coral susceptibility to anthropogenic disturbance5
Responses of Palythoa caribaeorum and its associated endosymbionts to thermal stress5
On the reproduction of the solitary cold-water coral Fungiacyathus fragilis Sars, 1872 (Cnidaria: Scleractinia), and a new record in the SW Atlantic Ocean deep sea5
Symbiont-mediated tradeoffs between growth and heat tolerance are modulated by light and temperature in the coral Montipora capitata5
Comparison of juvenile coral assemblages between Australia’s Coral Sea and Great Barrier Reef Marine Parks5
Climate impacts alter fisheries productivity and turnover on coral reefs5
Halos of herbivory, feeding-preference, and predation risk on contemporary Belizean reefs5
Thirty years of coral bleaching in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: a historical assessment based on degree heating week indices5
Reef habitats structure symbiotic microalgal assemblages in corals and contribute to differential heat stress responses5
Within-region differences in growth responses of an herbivorous coral reef fish to local and regional climatic processes5
Day–night expression patterns of opsin genes in the coral Acropora digitifera under natural and LED light conditions5
A functional perspective on the meaning of the term ‘herbivore’: patterns versus processes in coral reef fishes5
Estimating rates of coral carbonate production from aerial and archive imagery by applying colony scale conversion metrics5
Effects of elevated temperature on reproduction and larval settlement in Leptastrea purpurea5
Habitat and morphological characteristics affect juvenile mortality in five coral reef damselfishes5
Positive interspecific interactions on coral reefs in a changing climate: a review5
Community structure and microhabitat associations of cryptobenthic reef fishes in Veracruz, Mexico5
Bleaching and recovery in the giant clam Tridacna crocea from the sub-tropical waters of Okinawa5
Small coral reef fishes with large ecological footprints5
Correction to: Highly repetitive space-use dynamics in parrotfishes5
Regionalisation of Red Sea coral reefs based on remotely sensed environmental data identifies two distinct regions that align with large-scale climatic forcings5
Modernising sea cucumber surveys using remotely operated vehicles and aerial drones5
Recovery of coral cover on inshore fringing reefs following mass coral bleaching in the Philippines5
Correction to: Complex sound scattering layer and water-column dynamics over a mesophotic coral ecosystem: Southwest Puerto Rico, U.S.A5
A reproductive and trophic analysis of corals in a degraded environment5
Comparative analysis of the gut microbiota composition between two sea snakes, Hydrophis curtus, and Hydrophis cyanocinctus5
Impact of wave exposure on bleaching of large benthic foraminifera5
Close-range underwater photogrammetry for coral reef ecology: a systematic literature review5
SpiAMT1d: molecular characterization, localization, and potential role in coral calcification of an ammonium transporter in Stylophora pistillata5
Thylakoid fatty acid composition and response to short-term cold and heat stress in high-latitude Symbiodiniaceae5
Cryptofaunal diversity in fringing reef rhodoliths5
Metabolic response of shallow-water black corals (Antipatharia) facing extreme particle concentrations during short-term exposure5
Suppressed recovery of functionally important branching Acropora drives coral community composition changes following mass bleaching in Indonesia4
Sources of variation in community composition of the hindgut microbiota in two tropical Kyphosus species4
Structure and complexity of a rariphotic coral ecosystem in the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea)4
Interactions among wildtype and heat-evolved photosymbionts shape performance of coral recruits4
The new face of the northernmost coral reefs of the Maldives revisited after 13 years4
Symbiont community dynamics in the turbid reef specialist, Turbinaria reniformis, along a latitudinal and environmental gradient in Western Australia4
Species-specific elementomes for scleractinian coral hosts and their associated Symbiodiniaceae4
Changes in aerobic metabolism associated with the settlement transition for the leopard coral grouper (Plectropomus leopardus)4
Host-specific epibiomes of distinct Acropora cervicornis genotypes persist after field transplantation4
Early successional trajectory of benthic community in an uninhabited reef system three years after mass coral bleaching4
Sun coral regeneration after management actions in a Brazilian no-take marine protected area4
Natural variability in seawater temperature compromises the metabolic performance of a reef-forming cold-water coral with implications for vulnerability to ongoing global change4
Long sediment-laden algal turf likely impairs coral recovery on Florida’s coral reefs4
Editorial Expression of Concern: Predation risk assessment by larval reef fishes during settlement-site selection4
Growth and ontogenetic change in juvenile crown-of-thorns sea star (Acanthaster sp.) morphology: Can morphometrics be used as an aging tool?4
The Southwestern Atlantic coral Mussismilia hispida exhibit remarkable tolerance to nitrate enrichment4
Tool use by New World Halichoeres wrasses4
One species to rule them all: genomics sheds light on the Pocillopora species diversity and distinctiveness around the Arabian Peninsula4
Coral extension rate analysis using computed axial tomography4
The lunar cycle does not influence catch rates or foraging success of neonatal reef sharks in an amphidromic nursery system4
Cryptofaunal communities are influenced by benthic cover and fish abundance in a large Caribbean coral reef system4
High-resolution in situ thermal metrics coupled with acute heat stress experiments reveal differential coral bleaching susceptibility4
Susceptibility of Acropora tenuis to consecutive thermal stress4
Significance of fish–sponge interactions in coral reef ecosystems4
Depth distribution and depth adaptation of microbiomes in juvenile and adult scleractinian corals (Pocillopora verrucosa) in the central South China Sea4
Mushroom to manoeuvre? Using photogrammetry to track the movement and survival of free-living corals4
Do greater coral cover and morphological diversity increase habitat complexity?4
Proton-pumping rhodopsin of the coral symbiont Breviolum minutum and its potential role in coping with phosphorus deficiency in future warmer ocean4
Macroalgal presence decreases coral calcification rates more than ocean acidification4
Exploring potential fish sound producers in Polynesian lower mesophotic coral reefs4
The influence of seawater temperature on the timing of coral spawning4
Skeletal morphometrics suggests high fitness of hybrid coral recruits under ocean warming and acidification4
Roles of depth, current speed, and benthic cover in shaping gorgonian assemblages at the Palm Islands (Great Barrier Reef)4
Salinity, not only temperature, drives tropical fish invasions in the Mediterranean Sea, and surface-only variables explain it better4
Diverse and ecologically unique mesophotic coral ecosystems in the central Indian Ocean4
Pre-exposure to a variable temperature treatment improves the response of Acropora cervicornis to acute thermal stress4
Deeper Caribbean reef fish communities show greater taxonomic and functional change in dominance structure over a nine-year period4
Differential strategies developed by two light-dependent scleractinian corals to extend their vertical range to mesophotic depths3
Shading does not lower thermal tolerance in the coral Montipora capitata3
Assessing the relative accuracy of coral heights reconstructed from drones and structure from motion photogrammetry on coral reefs3
Resilience of turbid coral communities to marine heatwave3
Induced sexual reproduction ex situ reveals bidirectional sex change of the coral Montastraea cavernosa3
Branching coral growth and visual health during bleaching and recovery on the central Great Barrier Reef3
Groundtruthing assessments of lab-based coral thermal tolerance with large-area imaging3
Habitat partitioning by two coral-dwelling scorpionfishes in Hawai‘i3
Microborings in Jurassic scleractinians: a glimpse into the ancient coral skeleton microbiome3
Depth diagnostic mesophotic assemblages in the Northern Red Sea (Saudi Arabia) as analog to the Cenozoic fossil record3
Let the fish do the cropping: identifying fish grazers to improve coral aquaculture3
A role for encrusting, endolithic sponges in the feeding of the parrotfish Scarus rubroviolaceus? Evidence of further trophic diversification in Indo-Pacific Scarini3
Impacts of recurrent culling of invasive lionfish on mesophotic reefs in Bermuda3
Coral bleaching at Low Isles during the 1928–1929 Great Barrier Reef Expedition3
Global patterns of herbivorous reef fish productivity: the role of Prionurus laticlavius in the Galápagos3
Sex-based divergence in tidal, lunar and seasonal cycles of activity in the olive sea snake, Aipysurus laevis (Elapidae, Hydrophiinae)3
Three-dimensional morphological variation and physical functionality of Caribbean corals3
Observations of coral reproduction (Acropora and Pocillopora spp.) in Rarotonga, Cook Islands3
Morphologically driven sedimentation patterns on a coral reef3
Patterns of reef fish energy flow in a transitional zone3
Diel movement patterns in nominally nocturnal coral reef fishes (Haemulidae and Lutjanidae): Intra vs. Interspecific variation3
Unprecedented coral bleaching in Southern Vietnam in 2024: the only hope for thermal refuges?3
Different lipid compositions and their specific localization in the eggs and sperm of Acropora tenuis3
Correction to: The effects of probiotics and stony coral tissue loss disease exposure on coral recruits3
Finding signals in the noise of coral recruitment3
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