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Dietzel, A., Bode, M., Connolly, S.R. et al. Reply to: Conclusions of low extinction risk for most species of reef-building corals are premature. Nat Ecol Evol 6, 359–360 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01660-y
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