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Oil’s Impact on Marine Invertebrates

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Smithsonian Marine Collections on Google Earth

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NOAA Marine Biologist Robert Brock with microscope
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NOAA Marine Biologist Robert Brock

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An albatross soars over the ocean.
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Is It Love? Why Some Ocean Animals (Sort Of) Mate For Life

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Dr. Jan Backman, Marine Geologist

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Ocean plastic, and marine debris generally, comes from a variety of sources--both direct and indirect.
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Where Does Marine Debris Come From?

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The Smithsonian Marine Station today

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This microscopic acantharian is a unicellular amoeba found in the open ocean.
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Marine Microbe from the Open Ocean

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Amanda Feuerstein with a nesting olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea). Feuerstein is a co-author of a study that surveyed algae, crustaceans, mollusks, and other epibionts that live on the turtles in the Pacific Ocean.
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Searching for Life -- Epibionts -- On Sea Turtles

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This Marine National Monument protects a chain of atolls and reefs 1,931-kilometers (1,200-miles) long.
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Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument

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The Smithsonian Marine Station Barge

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Students Work on Channel Island Map Project
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Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary Map Project

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