Raphael Kudela, an ocean scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and his team made the discovery after studying a form of sea algae called Pseudo-nitzschia australis.

加利福尼亚大学的海洋科学家拉尔夫库德拉及其研究小组是在研究一种名为Pseudo-nitzschia australis的矽藻时得出这一发现的。

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Since the disappearance of sea urchins from the waters up the coast of South Florida, many coral reefs there have been smothered by the uncontrolled growth of algae.

自从海胆从南佛罗里达海岸的海水中消失后，那里有许多珊瑚礁被不受控制生长的藻类所扼杀。

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So sea slugs eat algae.

所以海蛤蝓吃海藻。

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Apart from collecting prenatal pottery pieces (there seems to be no restriction against it), locals and tourists can enjoy a refreshing swim in the rolling, blue waves of the Black Sea -- so called for the colour of its deep waters densely populated with algae.

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The all-pervasive sea water still left its mark, seeping into the frames and discoloring them with salt stains and algae.

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"Seaweed doesn't sound so good we should call it sea-veg, " said Christine Le Tennier, who has devoted three decades to promoting gourmet algae.

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