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New Study Reveals Coral Reefs May Support Much More Biodiversity than Previously Thou


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Source: PhysOrg.com

November 2, 2011

 

"Smithsonian scientists and colleagues conducted the first DNA barcoding survey of crustaceans living on samples of dead coral taken from the Indian, Pacific and Caribbean oceans. The results suggest that the diversity of organisms living on the world's coral reefs is seriously underestimated. The team's research "The Diversity of Coral Reefs: What Are We Missing?" was published in October in the journal PLoS ONE.

 

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