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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Jelly Critters: Gelatinous zooplankton

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Zooplankton are small—but do you know just how small? This drop of water smaller than the eye of a needle is magnified 20x and contains multitudes.
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Zooplankton in the Eye of a Needle

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Just Jelly: ecological role of gelatinous zooplankton

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A spiraled diatom with spines.
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A Diatom Helix

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Dinoflagellates are major producers of oxygen in the ocean (and freshwater). But some species can grow out of control, causing a red tide.
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Dinoflagellate

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Census researchers discovered this sea cucumber (Enypniastes sp.) in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Zooplankton Biodiversity

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The Amazon River carries all the rainwater that lands in the Amazon rainforest, covering some 2.1 million square miles, into the ocean. And with it, it carries vital nutrients like phosphorus, nitrogen and silicon.
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Thirty Days to Submission: How I Made a Video for Ocean180

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Screenshot from video showing hands of researcher wearing gloves and pipetting.
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A Microbial World

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A female (top left) and male Photerus annecohenae. Note that females are larger than males (sexual dimorphism) and that males have bigger eyes.
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You Light Up My World!

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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The Great Plankton Race

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Cartoon t-shirts with got plankton.
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The Cloud Factories that Live in the Sea

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A photo of a squid using bioluminescence to hide in the deep sea.
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Bioluminescence

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