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Convict surgeonfish are the roaming sheep of the reef but, instead of noshing on grass, they feed on algae.
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Surgeonfish: Indicators of a Healthy Reef

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Convict surgeonfish are the roaming sheep of the reef but, instead of noshing on grass, they feed on algae.
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Helpful Herbivores

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Is Climate Change Good For Us?

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Focus on Farmer Fish

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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WebQuest: Sensory Biology and the Plight of the Right Whales

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Off Base

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What is coral? The answer is coral is an animal. This cutaway diagram of a coral polyp shows the location of its photosynthetic algae, or zooxanthellae, which coral needs to survive.
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What Is Coral? A Coral Polyp and Zooxanthellae

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Pink crustose algae covers the surface of a rock.
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Microbes Help Corals Pick a Home and Settle Down

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a white coral on the seafloor
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An Ocean Heat Wave Reaches to the Seafloor

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In Hot Water

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Fossil Whale Digsite at Cerro Ballena, Chile
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The Whale Graveyard Whodunit

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Neptune grass (Posidonia oceanica) is a slow-growing and long-lived seagrass native to the Mediterranean.
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Bugs and Slugs: The Hidden Secret to Healthy Seagrasses

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