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Sargassum forms dense clumps up to the size of a beach ball that slowly rotate as they drift.
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Too Much of a Good Thing—the Atlantic Sargassum Belt

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Fish swimming in waters of Bay Islands, Honduras
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Improving Grades for the Mesoamerican Reef

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scientist Drew-Baker reads a book by her microscope
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Saving Nori

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Seagrasses are flowering plants that can form dense underwater meadows and are an important shallow water habitat.
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Bringing Back Tampa Bay’s Seagrass

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Sea otters floating on the surface of the ocean.
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Not Just Another Fuzzy Face

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This shrimp is colored to fit in - probably why they are common members of the seaweed community.
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A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum Slideshow

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Algae has overtaken this coral reef off heavily populated Kiritimati, or Christmas Island.
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Unhealthy Coral Reef, Kiritimi, Line Islands

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A close-up photo of Killer Algae, Caulerpa taxifolia, a seaweed that has proven to be a successful invasive species.
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Killer Algae (Caulerpa taxifolia)

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Adult green sea turtles spend most of their time grazing in seagrass meadows.
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Green Turtle in Seagrass

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As Dampier studied the plants he encountered in Australia, he wrote that they were “for the most part unlike any I had seen elsewhere.” In fact, nearly all the plants Dampier observed were entirely unknown to botanists at that time.
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More Australian Plants

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Many species of pink coralline algae, which cements coral reefs together, cover a reef surface in the Southern Line Islands.
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Coralline Algae: The Unsung Architects of Coral Reefs

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In some reefs, small fishes such as this broad-barred goby protect corals by eating invading seaweeds.
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Coral Goby Cleans Coral

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