Seagrasses Greatly Reduce Bacteria, Benefiting Humans and Marine Life (13 of 15) (IMAGE)

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Seagrasses Greatly Reduce Bacteria, Benefiting Humans and Marine Life (13 of 15)

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A coral health training session co-hosted by Cornell University and the World Bank, in Indonesia. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Feb. 17, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by J.B. Lamb at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, and colleagues was titled, "Seagrass ecosystems reduce exposure to bacterial pathogens of humans, fishes, and invertebrates."

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C. Drew Harvell

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