Galicia provides a nice small-scale example of our results:

Btw, my PhD thesis is now on Zenodo! It’s a mix of theoretical and data-driven models tackling ecological problems—disease spread, climate change, and ecosystem monitoring. If that sounds interesting, take a look: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

In addition, we found that reefs tend to evolve in shape as they grow—from compact and circular to elongated or perforated, forming intricate structures. These transformations likely arise from interactions between biological growth and environmental pressures over geological timescales.

Using data from the Allen Coral Atlas, we compiled a global inventory of 1.58M reefs spanning 52,423 km². These reefs exhibit universal patterns in size, spacing, and geometry that transcend their geographic locations, revealing fundamental processes conserved across all coral reef provinces.