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Ancient Turducken
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Debra Quick-Jones
Aug 22, 20201 min read
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Sulfur Eating Bacteria with Magnetic Super-Powers!
There are rod-shaped bacteria that make their own built-in compass to help in navigating the layers of mud where they make their home....
Debra Quick-Jones
Aug 17, 20202 min read
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A New Visitor
(photo: Jeff Goddard) This is Elysia hedgpethi, or Hedgpeth's Sapsucker. It lives on Codium fragile or Dead Man's Fingers (an apt...
Debra Quick-Jones
Aug 4, 20201 min read
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A Happy Story For These Times
From Real Estate news: A giant grouper left feeling glum after coronavirus restrictions forced the closure of his aquarium has found an...
Debra Quick-Jones
Jun 20, 20202 min read
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Cool things!
(Greg Rouse from Scripps Institute of Oceanography) Under the "who knew?!" category, four new species of worms were discovered at the...
Debra Quick-Jones
Jun 11, 20202 min read
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Red Tide Rising
There may be another red tide event brewing! Numbers of red tide organisms are rising, although thankfully it it is not likely to be as...
Debra Quick-Jones
Jun 4, 20201 min read
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A Sparkling Personality
https://www.flickr.com/photos/myfwc/8633712677 Heavy rains have triggered a bloom of the dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedra, an event...
Debra Quick-Jones
Apr 18, 20201 min read
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Who Knew?
As I was cleaning my tank, especially of the buildup of cyanobacteria AKA blue-green algae, I reflected on how weird and wonderful (and...
Debra Quick-Jones
Feb 26, 20202 min read
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Abalones have faces too!
It was Cute Abalone Day when I travelled to Bodega Bay in January to finally visit the facility that is rearing white abalone. Lead...
Debra Quick-Jones
Feb 4, 20201 min read
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