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Older and wiser

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Historical records of long-lived marine organisms may provide the key to understanding how marine ecosystems will respond to projected climate change.

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Figure 1: Typical morphology of free-living (Lithothamnion glaciale, left; scale bar = 5 cm) and encrusting (Pseudolithophyllum muricatum and P. whidbeyense, right; scale bar = 1 cm) red coralline algae.

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