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Acknowledgement

We would like to thank the French experts G. Faure, M. Pichon and M. Guillaume for their valuable contributions on the applications on corals. We are also grateful to Philippe Sills for English improvement. This work is supported by the Conseil Régional of La Reunion Island.


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