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Deep-Sea Fish Populations Boom Over The Last 15 Years

March 23, 2006 @ 09:02 PM (EST)

Source: Scripps Institution of Oceanograhy

The largest habitats on Earth are located in the vast, dark plains at the bottom of the ocean. Yet because of their remoteness, many aspects of this mostly unexplored world remain mysterious. New research led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, has produced a rare insight into animal populations in the deep sea...

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