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SEM images of the native surface of forming coral skeletons. Increasing magnifications reveal micro- and nanoscale porosity of surfaces as indicated by arrows at the high-magnification images in A3–E3. In D1 and D2 the dried and cracked tissue is visible (bottom left) but the magnified region is on the skeleton surface (D3).
