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How Mangroves Deal with Saltwater

Looking at a white mangrove (Avicennia marina) leaf cross-section under the...

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Branching Red Algae

Under the microscope, you can peer inside the cells of this filamentous red algae....

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A Diatom Helix

This beautiful marine diatom Chaetoceros debilis was caught in the North Sea. Not...

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Seaside Lichens

Very few plant species can survive close to the ocean, where pounding surf fills...