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The Sargassum Belt
The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt in July 2018. Scientists used satellite imagery...
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Too Much of a Good Thing—the Atlantic Sargassum Belt
There is a sea in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean where floating rafts of seaweed...
June 2022

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A Kelp's Slime
Kelp provide a home for microbes to grow on—they're the reason kelp are so slimy....
Wed, 07/03/2019 - 15:55

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Aquaculture Comes Full Circle
Until recently we were farmers on land and hunter-gatherers at sea, but how we get...
September 2015

With Every Breath You Take, Thank the Ocean
When was the last time you thought about your breathing? Take a breath right now...
July 2017

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A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum
The open ocean is surprisingly barren to the naked eye. Every now and again you...
May 2012

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A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum Slideshow
Smithsonian Marine Science Network Postdoctoral Fellow, Seabird McKeon, returns...
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 16:43

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How Coastal Seagrass Feeds the Deep
It is a well-known fact that for animals living in the deep sea, food can be...
February 2013

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Floating Sargassum Seaweed
Sargassum fluitans, a.k.a. “Gulfweed,” forms dense clumps up to the size of a...
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Shrimp hides in the sargassum
One of the most common inhabitants of the sargassum community, the shrimp Latreutes...
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Juvenile plane-head filefish
Relatively slow moving, juvenile plane-head filefish Monacanthus...
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