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Deep-diving Technology Finds Little Filter Feeder Has Giant Carbon Cycling Impact (3 of 6)

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Deep-diving Technology Finds Little Filter Feeder Has Giant Carbon Cycling Impact (3 of 6)

video: Undersea video taken by a remotely operated vehicle showing first the outer filter ('house') of a giant larvacean and then a close view of the inner filter and larvacean itself. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 03 May 2017, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by K. Katija at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Moss Landing, Calif., and colleagues was titled, "New technology reveals the role of giant larvaceans in oceanic carbon cycling." view more 

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