651745 external_news 1634326956 1634326956 Two Georgia Tech researchers from the School of Biological Sciences set out to investigate whether newly established coral species grow better in the presence of other coral species, or whether competition between different species restricts growth rates. Cody Clements, Teasley Postdoctoral Fellow, and Mark Hay, professor and Teasley Chair, traveled to Mo’orea, French Polynesia, in the tropical Pacific Ocean, where they planted coral gardens differing in coral species diversity to evaluate the relative importance of mutualistic versus competitive interactions between the corals as they grew. This story also appeared in Coastal News Today. 

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