Success in Competition for Space in Two Invasive Coral Species in the western Atlantic – Tubastraea micranthus and T. coccinea

• Paul W. Sammarco ,

  * E-mail: psammarco@lumcon.edu

  Affiliations Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON), 8124 Hwy. 56, Chauvin, LA 70344-2110, United States of America, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, United States of America

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• Scott A. Porter,

  Affiliations Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON), 8124 Hwy. 56, Chauvin, LA 70344-2110, United States of America, EcoLogic Environmental, Inc., PO Box 886, Houma, LA 70361, United States of America

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• Melissa Genazzio,

  Affiliations Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON), 8124 Hwy. 56, Chauvin, LA 70344-2110, United States of America, Center for Marine Science, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 5600 Marvin Moss Ln., Wilmington, NC 28409, United States of America

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• James Sinclair

  Affiliation US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, 1201 Elmwood Park Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70123-2394, United States of America

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