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Screenshot of "Investigating Nutrient Pollution's Impact on Mangroves" showing a boat heading into the mangroves.
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Investigating Nutrient Pollution's Impact on Mangroves

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Relatively slow moving, juvenile plane-head filefish Monacanthus hispidus (Monacanthidae) travel along with the algae. They pick off and eat small animals as they move around in the rotating sargassum ball. Adult filefish only grow to be about 11
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A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum

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California sea lions swimming
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Sea Lion Sickness

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Dr. Candy Feller, Senior Scientist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center underscores the challenges facing mangroves, along with reasons for hope. 
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Living on the Edge: Mangroves

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An algal bloom, also known as a red tide, has converted the ocean's surf to a red color
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Scientists Work to Predict and Prevent Algae Blooms

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A landscape photo of a shoreline with tall grass-like plants lining the water's edge.
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Phragmites australis

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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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An algal bloom, also known as a red tide, has converted the ocean's surf to a red color
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Red Tide

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One of the most impressive photosynthesizers is a cyanobacterium called Prochlorococcus. It is estimated to be more abundant than any other photosynthesizer on the planet, and to be responsible for producing 20 percent of the oxygen in the atmosphere.
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Meet the obscure microbe that influences climate, ocean ecosystems, and perhaps even evolution

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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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Screen shot of "Sea Grapes: A Google Earth Tour" with aerial view of the Earth in Google Earth.
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Sea Grapes: A Google Earth Tour

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a frond of red algae
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Fronds of Nori

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