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Wave energy dissipation on coral reefs provides protection from coastal hazards to over 200 million people globally (Ferrario et al. 2014). The mechanisms of wave energy dissipation over the complex morphologies of the fore-reef slope have typically been overlooked (Duce et al. 2016). Here we focus on wave attenuation by the elongated troughs and depressions typical of fore-reef slopes known as spurs and grooves (SaGs).References
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