Hulver, Ann Marie https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0466-9070
Watson, Zoë
McLachlan, Rowan H. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7222-8210
Grottoli, Andréa G. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6053-9452
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Science Foundation (0825490)
National Science Foundation (1041124)
National Science Foundation (1459536)
National Science Foundation (1838667)
Friends of Orton Hall (Friends of Orton Hall)
Article History
Received: 26 August 2025
Accepted: 23 February 2026
First Online: 4 April 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: We declare that all applicable international, national, and institutional guidelines for sampling and experimental use of organisms for the studies included in this manuscript have been followed and all necessary approvals have been obtained. Coral from Schoepf et al. were purchased from Reef Systems Coral Farm, which is a CITES permit holder. Collections and experiments from Schoepf et al. were conducted following rules and regulations of Mexico and imported to the USA under CITES permits held by UNAM-ICL and The Ohio State University. Samples for McLachlan et al. were collected under the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Aquatic Resources Special Activity Permit #2015-48. Finally, samples from Hulver et al. were collected under permits for the Marine Protected Area ‘Regno di Nettuno’ and exported to the USA under CITES sampling permit no. IT/EX/2021/MCE/00510.