“…Many ecological, genetic and oceanographic studies indicate that self‐recruitment (recruitment into a population from itself) at the reef scale or finer dominates the population replenishment of corals (e.g., Andutta, Kingsford, & Wolanski, ; Figueiredo, Baird, & Connolly, ; Gilmour, Smith, & Brinkman, ; Underwood, Smith, van Oppen, & Gilmour, ). Routine dispersal distances have been estimated at less than 20–30 km (McLeod, Salm, Green, & Almany, ; Mora et al., ; Underwood, Wilson, Ludgerus, & Evans, ) and as little as a few hundred metres (Miller & Ayre, ; Underwood, Smith, van Oppen, & Gilmour, ).…”