ArticleEcology and evolution2021
Micro-CT reconstruction reveals the colony pattern regulations of four dominant reef-building corals.
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- Coral growth, retraction, defense, and regenerative strategies revealed by live microCT.Science advances · 2026Article
- Skeleton Precedes Polyp: Visualization of Structural Changes During Coral Growth inEcology and evolution · 2026Article
- Asexual reproduction in reef-building corals: insights into fragment attachment to improve restoration and predict natural recovery.Royal Society open science · 2025Article
- Endolithic algae influence the skeletal microstructure and porosity of reef-building corals.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Internal hydrodynamics within the skeleton ofiScience · 2025Article
- Skeleton-Forming Responses of Reef-Building Corals under Ocean Acidification.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
- Three-dimensional reconstruction of high latitude bamboo coral via X-ray microfocus Computed Tomography.Scientific data · 2024Article
- Coral geometry and why it matters.PeerJ · 2024Article
- Polyp-Canal Reconstruction Reveals Evolution Toward Complexity in Corals.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2023Article
- Full-Length Transcriptome Maps of Reef-Building Coral Illuminate the Molecular Basis of Calcification, Symbiosis, and Circadian Genes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Micro-CT reconstruction reveals the colony pattern regulations of four dominant reef-building corals.Ecology and evolution · 2021Article
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Abstract
Colonies are the basic geometric building blocks of coral reefs. However, the forming regulations of both colonies and reefs are still not understood adequately. Therefore, in this study, we reconstructed 25 samples using high-resolution micro-computed tomography to investigate coral growth patterns and parameters. Our skeleton and canal reconstructions revealed the characteristics of different coral species, and we further visualized the growth axes and growth rings to understand the coral growth directions. We drew a skeleton grayscale map and calculated the coral skeleton void ratios to ascertain the skeletal diversity, devising a method to quantify coral growth. On the basis of the three-dimensional (3D) reconstructions and growth parameters, we investigated the growth strategies of different coral species. This research increases the breadth of knowledge on how reef-building corals grow their colonies, providing information on reef-forming regulations. The data in this paper contain a large amount of coral growth information, which can be used in further research on reef-forming patterns under different conditions. The method used in this study can also be applied to animals with porous skeletons.
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