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Nature 426, 12-14 (6 November 2003) | doi:10.1038/426012a
Marine biology: Close encounters of the jelly kind
Carina Dennis1
- Carina Dennis is Nature's Australasian correspondent.
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Abstract
Deep-diving submarines have opened a new window onto the ocean's gelatinous inhabitants. And biologists are discovering that these denizens of the deep have a few surprises in store. Carina Dennis dives in.
Spending hours in a damp, cold and cramped space, peering through a tiny window into murky darkness, doesn't sound like a recipe for job satisfaction. But for Dhugal Lindsay, a biologist at the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center in Yokosuka, this is the best part of his job.
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