Heeding the Seas' Vanishing Species

From: The Washington Post | Date: April 1, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

A few years ago, marine biologist James Carlton began to wonder what had become of the eelgrass limpet.

A tiny snail that once flourished along the Atlantic Coast, it had not been spotted for years. After considerable research, Carlton discovered the entire species had been wiped out in the early 1930s, when a fungus destroyed its grass-like host plant.

By no means the only marine species to go missing in recent years, the eelgrass limpet nonetheless raised a red flag among researchers specializing in marine systems. How had the disappearance of a species eluded them for six decades? ...

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