对于珊瑚礁而言，结构就是大块的碳酸钙礁石，一切都发生在礁石之上或周围。

In reefs, the structure is big lumps of calcium carbonate on which things grow and around which they graze and hunt.

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不过，这里一切的基础不是珊瑚虫，而是菌根菌及其与植物的共生关系。

But here, instead of coral polyps, it's mycorrhizal fungi and their symbiotic relationship with plants that's the basis for everything.

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“它拥有一个波利尼西亚的岛屿应有的一切——蓝色的珊瑚礁、铺满沙子的茅图斯小群岛以及高耸的山峰，”孤独星球（Lonely Planet）创始人托尼·惠勒说。

“It’s everything a Polynesian island should be—blue lagoon, sand-fringed motus, soaring peaks, ” says Lonely Planet founder Tony Wheeler.

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