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We were the first ones to show that the coral was not just an animal, but was unique in

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having animal-plant relationship and the whole system is so beautifully organized.

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And the sad thing is that communities like that, the quickest way to kill a coral reef

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is to fertilize it.

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They're so beautifully organized to live in a very poor environment that if you increase

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their nutrients, then organisms that like that, like filamentous algae, come in and

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come over and kill the reef.

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So the coral reef is easily killed by being too kind to it.