Joshua Madin setting up flowmeter at study site to record how wave forces change over the reef

Photographing the shape of a table-like coral species to calculate its vulnerability to wave forces

Dislodged (upturned) colony of Acropora hyacinthus following a hydrodynamic disturbance at Lizard Island

Overturned coral colonies at Lizard Island following a westerly storm

Destruction in Indonesia following the Christmas 2004 tsunami

Wave breaking over coral reef

The study site at Lizard Island from the air

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