Heligoland (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

Heligoland

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Heligoland is Germany's only true offshore island, famous for its seabirds, seals and duty-free shopping rather than for microscopic algae. But what the MPI-scientists were interested in was the fate of the organic matter once the algae die.

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Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Naomi Esken

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