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      "name": "Aaron Thode",
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      "name": "Natalie Levy"
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      "name": "Océane Boulais"
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    {
      "name": "Samapti Kundu",
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      "name": "Marnie Freckelton",
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      "name": "Daniel Schar"
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      "name": "Michael Hadfield",
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      "name": "Jessica Reichert",
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      "name": "Hendrikje Jorissen"
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    {
      "name": "Netanel Kramer"
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      "name": "Joshua Levy"
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    {
      "name": "Kira Hughes"
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    {
      "name": "the R3D consortium"
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      "name": "Benjamin Jones"
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    {
      "name": "Sean Mahaffey"
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    {
      "name": "Aricia Argyris"
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    {
      "name": "Mark Aruda"
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    {
      "name": "Ian Robertson"
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    {
      "name": "Zhenhua Huang"
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    {
      "name": "Ayrton Medina-Rodriguez"
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    {
      "name": "Mert Gokdepe"
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    {
      "name": "Brady Halvorson"
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      "name": "Jon Chase"
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      "name": "Charlotte White"
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      "name": "Cami Dillon"
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    {
      "name": "Kristian McDonald"
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      "name": "Anna Mikkelsen"
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      "name": "Josh Madin"
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      "name": "Mollie Asbury"
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    {
      "name": "Nina Schiettekatte"
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    {
      "name": "Marion Chapeau"
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    {
      "name": "Robert Toonen"
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    {
      "name": "Christopher Suchocki"
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    {
      "name": "Van Wishingrad"
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    {
      "name": "Christopher Jury"
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    {
      "name": "Madeleine Hardt"
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    {
      "name": "Claire Lewis"
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    {
      "name": "Claire Bardin"
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    {
      "name": "Joshua Kualani"
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      "name": "Crawford Drury"
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    {
      "name": "Josh Hancock"
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      "name": "Carlo Caruso"
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    {
      "name": "Andrea Grottoli"
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    {
      "name": "Shannon Dixon"
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    {
      "name": "Josh Voss"
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    {
      "name": "Allison Klein"
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    {
      "name": "Sid Verma"
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    {
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      "name": "Richard Argall"
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    {
      "name": "Kevin Chun"
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    {
      "name": "William Hicks"
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    {
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    {
      "name": "Aaron Thode"
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    {
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    {
      "name": "Samapti Kundu"
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    {
      "name": "Natalie Levy"
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    {
      "name": "Lindsey Badder"
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    {
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  "published": "2026-10-08",
  "publisher": "Springer Science and Business Media LLC",
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  "title": "In situ enhancement of coral larval settlement using acoustic enrichment, engineered habitats and living materials",
  "title_text": "In situ enhancement of coral larval settlement using acoustic enrichment, engineered habitats and living materials",
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