This leads to a more rapid material cycle within the reef, because developing mucus aggregates containing trapped particles reach the reef sediments very close (b5 m) to the mucus-producing coral colony (Mayer and Wild, 2010; Wild et al., 2005a).
This leads to a more rapid material cycle within the reef, because developing mucus aggregates containing trapped particles reach the reef sediments very close (b5 m) to the mucus-producing coral colony (Mayer and Wild, 2010; Wild et al., 2005a).