Reef visitors’ observation of assisted coral recovery devices in situ reduces concern about their use

• Matthew I. Curnock ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: matt.curnock@csiro.au

  Affiliation CSIRO Environment, Australian Tropical Science and Innovation Precinct, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2365-810X

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• Rhea Arya,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation CSIRO Environment, Australian Tropical Science and Innovation Precinct, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

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• Emilee Chamberland,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation CSIRO Environment, Australian Tropical Science and Innovation Precinct, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9944-6637

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• Katherine Chartrand,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation TropWATER, James Cook University, Smithfield, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

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• John Edmondson,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wavelength Reef Cruises, Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia

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• Eric E. Fisher,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation GBR Biology, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7588-2114

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• Rebecca Forster,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5674-1739

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• Stewart Lockie,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Smithfield, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2109-6342

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• Jennifer Loder,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Great Barrier Reef Foundation, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Danielle Nembhard,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Smithfield, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3385-9774

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• Abigail Scott,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation TropWATER, James Cook University, Smithfield, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

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• Bruce Taylor,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation CSIRO Environment, Dutton Park, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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• Jasmina Uusitalo

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation TropWATER, James Cook University, Smithfield, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

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