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    "definition": "A ridge of rock in the sea formed by the growth and accumulation of coral skeletons, supporting an underwater ecosystem. Many shallow-water reef-building corals live in symbiosis with photosynthetic algae called zooxanthellae, but cold-water corals can build reefs without this symbiosis. Shallow-water forms include fringing reefs, barrier reefs and atolls, whose formation Charles Darwin explained by subsidence in 1842. Covering a small fraction of the ocean floor, reefs support a large share of marine species, fisheries and coastal protection, and face threats from ocean acidification, pollution and overfishing; marine heatwaves cause mass bleaching in corals with photosynthetic symbionts, with NOAA confirming a fourth global bleaching event in 2024. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest reef system.",
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        "Discharge sediment, nutrients or chemicals where they reach a reef.",
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    "How should restoration evidence be presented?"
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