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Patches of sargassum floating at the surface are often home to a large diversity of marine animals

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Description

Patches of sargassum floating at the surface are often home to a large diversity of marine animals. Andrea Quattrini, a technician with Steve W. Ross atUNC-Wilmington, passes time between submersible dives by collecting sargassumfor later analysis.

Credit

Life on the Edge 2004

Photographer

Art Howard

Location

North Carolina Continental Slope

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

NOAA Affiliation

NAPRO Communications