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The small larvae of elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) settle and grow on the crustose coralline algae species Hydrolithon boergesenii.
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Coral Larvae Settling

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A Coral Reef Watch satellite monitors the temperature of the world’s oceans.
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Coral Reef Watch Satellite

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An underwater blizzard of oil, marine microbes, "sea snot", and algae.
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A Dirty Blizzard In the Gulf of Mexico

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The Ha Long Bay site in Vietnam was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1994. The site's 1,600 islands and islets form a spectacular seascape of limestone pillars surrounded by species-rich waters, including a tremendous diversity of marine algae and o
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Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

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Hundreds to thousands of tiny crustaceans live on each right whale, eating algae that settles on their skin.
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Whale Lice

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Seagrasses are flowering plants that can form dense underwater meadows and are an important shallow water habitat.
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Seagrass and Seagrass Beds

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spindles of magnified green algae
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A Cancer Fighter from the Sea

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Sea Turtle
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Green Sea Turtle

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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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Valentinni's sharpnose puffer lives on Indo-Pacific coral reefs, where it shoals in groups of 10-100 puffers and feeds on algae and tunicates.
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Valentinni's Sharpnose Puffer

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