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11th Feb 2012

Green grass and grazers

(c) Helen Scales
Helen Scales

Sarah Castor-Perry
Seagrass VIMS

We’re all about green grass and grazers this month on Naked Oceans as we take a look at the lush world of seagrasses. We find out why the diversity of critters, big and small, are vital for keeping seagrasses happy and healthy. We meet a mysterious seagrass muncher, the West African manatee and we discover that seagrasses themselves could be the oldest living things on the planet. Among our ocean news we hear how corals find it tough when things get too hot - and too cold; and in Critter of the Month we catch up with a sneaky fish that lurks about the dark depths with its  own private sniper scope.

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(c) Karin Malmstrom/Marine Photobank

The aquatic problems of microplastics

Tracing the source of tiny plastic particles in the ocean.

(c) David Burdick Marine Photobank

Corals stressed by heat and cold

Heat and cold can stress corals, but they do so in different ways.

(c) Paul and Jill

Seagrasses; the oldest living things on the planet

Mediterranean seagrasses could be 200,000 years old

'Supergiant' amphipods found

Researchers exploring 7000m down in the Kermadec Trench, just north of New Zealand have found a new ‘supergiant’ species of amphipod.


Interviews


Unlocking secrets of the West African manatee

Exploring the mysterious lives of and a threatened marine mammal.

Critter of the Month - Stoplight fish

Bioluminescence expert Edie Widder chooses a sneaky deep sea fish for Critter of the Month




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