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... animal life . Now go another step up the biological ladder and iden- tify the simplest and yet the most important vegetation available to the animals of the sea - the diatoms , tiny , single - celled plants . Under the microscope ...
... animal life . Now go another step up the biological ladder and iden- tify the simplest and yet the most important vegetation available to the animals of the sea - the diatoms , tiny , single - celled plants . Under the microscope ...
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... animals of many shapes and sizes . In sequence , the latter feed the carnivores of the ocean , the little ones being eaten by the big fishes and marine animals . Death and decomposition complete the cycle . The or- ganic material of ...
... animals of many shapes and sizes . In sequence , the latter feed the carnivores of the ocean , the little ones being eaten by the big fishes and marine animals . Death and decomposition complete the cycle . The or- ganic material of ...
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... Animals One of the most fascinating problems of the sea is bio- luminescence ( " phosphorescence " to landlubbers ) -light produced by animals . How and why do the " fireflies of the sea " do it ? What prompts their increased flashing ...
... Animals One of the most fascinating problems of the sea is bio- luminescence ( " phosphorescence " to landlubbers ) -light produced by animals . How and why do the " fireflies of the sea " do it ? What prompts their increased flashing ...
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