Rebecca Maher and Adrienne Correa (IMAGE)

Rice University

Rebecca Maher and Adrienne Correa

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Rice University alumna Rebecca Maher, left, and ecologist Adrienne Correa after a dive at the Flower Garden Banks in the Gulf of Mexico. Their new study quantifies how barnacles infest stony coral over a variety of conditions and reduce calcium carbonate on reefs.

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