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Two coral trout swim on a reef in Fiji.
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Having Your Fish and Eating Them Too

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A wildlife biologist surveys oiled algae
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Five Things The Gulf Oil Spill Has Taught Us About the Ocean

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a close up of bacteria
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Marine Microbes

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An illustration of a recently discovered species of Monodontid, Bohaskaia monodontoides, and its beluga and narwhale relatives
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Smithsonian Scientists Describe a 'New' Fossil Whale

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Time Lapse Construction of the Smithsonian's Sant Ocean Hall

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Tuna caught in the Indian Ocean show the huge scale of commercial fishing.
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Tuna Fishing

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The sea star Odontaster validus and sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri are often found living in association with one another along the Antarctic coastline, here during the Census of Marine Life.
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Sea Stars, Urchins, and Relatives

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Corals, sponges, and algae are the major components of most coral reef communities as shown in this picture.
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Corals and Coral Reefs

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The red seaweed Gracilaria vermiculophylla (Gverm).
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Gracilaria vermiculophylla

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a bull shark in a net
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How Climate Change is Impacting Shark Mothering

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"Barely a room onboard escaped being turned into a part of the sequencing laboratory," wrote Rob Edwards in a blog post about doing genomic sequencing at sea.
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Sequencing at Sea: Studying Small Things Using Big Equipment

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Trout cages in 30 feet of water.
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Aquaculture Comes Full Circle

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