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Seagrass and Seagrass Beds

Seagrasses are found in shallow salty and brackish waters in many parts of the...

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Lacy Crust Bryozoan

This colony of a lacy crust bryozoan (Membranipora membranacea) started off as just...

Personal Perspectives

Make Me Care About: Phragmites

This week at the Smithsonian Ocean Portal we embark on an experiment we're calling...

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Make Me Care About: Phragmites (Video)

Dennis Whigham, a senior botanist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center,...