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Life After Whale (On Whale Falls)

When a whale dies, the story has just begun. The massive carcass sinks to the...

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Psychedelic Tardigrade

Tardigrades, which are usually less than 1 mm long, can be found in almost every...

Personal Perspectives

Ocean Sampling Day – Taking the Pulse of the World’s Oceans

If you are a bird watcher you have probably heard of the Christmas Bird Count. The...

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The Microbial Loop

Invisible to the naked eye, molecular pieces of proteins, lipids, carbohydrates,...

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The Missing Microbial Link in the Ocean Food Web

This work was supported by the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative of...