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a frond of red algae
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Fronds of 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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Seagrass and Seagrass Beds

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Seagrasses don't just provide shelter for free-swimming animals, but also are a habitat for non-moving organisms, such as these sea anemones.
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Anemone on Seagrass Blade

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Macroscopic Algae (Ventricaria ventricosa)
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Bubble Algae (Ventricaria ventricosa)

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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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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Ocean Primary Production

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A sunset over Boston Harbor.
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Signs of a Recovering Harbor

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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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A beautiful bromeliad blooms among the mud and roots of a mangrove swamp.
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Dancing Bulb

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Kelps are large, brown algae that grow along coasts around the world, especially in cooler regions.
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What is a Sea Vegetable?

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Algae covers beds of seagrass.
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Algae-covered Seagrass in Tampa Bay

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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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