Escaping from hypoxia (VIDEO)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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Brittlestars and other marine invertebrates climbed to the top of a coral reef to avoid an acute low-oxygen (hypoxic) event in Almirante Bay, Panama, September, 2017.

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Maggie Johnson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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