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This large Montastrea annularis head, featured in several publications, was encroached upon by extensive staghorn and elkhorn growth by 1971, but the area was devoid of these branching corals by 1988. Diver is hovering over the same coral in 1971 and 1988. SeaWiFS images by NASA; photos courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey
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This large Montastrea annularis head, featured in several publications, was encroached upon by extensive staghorn and elkhorn growth by 1971, but the area was devoid of these branching corals by 1988. Diver is hovering over the same coral in 1971 and 1988. SeaWiFS images by NASA; photos courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey