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A study co-led by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa doctoral student revealed that each type of coral and algae from a coral reef produced a unique suite of chemical compounds. The information was published in Communications Biology, and may offer a new way to monitor the health of reefs around Hawaiʻi.