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Fluffy Anemones Use Shipwrecks to Expand Southward
Researchers report that fluffy sea anemones are using shipwrecks as artificial stepping stones to spread into warmer southern waters beyond their natural range. The wrecks provide hard surfaces on the otherwise soft seabed where the anemones can attach, settle and reproduce, allowing them to expand southward. The finding highlights how human structures on the ocean floor may be reshaping marine species' distributions.
Why now: New research from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reveals shipwrecks are enabling a species to expand beyond its natural range.
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- Fluffy Anemones Use Shipwrecks to Expand Southward · Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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