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"Talking" to the animals
Chemical signals are the primary "language" used by ocean organisms to communicate.
Credit: Mark Hay
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Using a kind of "ESP," marine animals and plants react to other species based on chemical cues.
Credit: Mark Hay
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Scientists are studying how chemical signals play a part in ocean ecosystems.
Credit: Mark Hay
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Ecologist Mark Hay and colleagues conduct research on Fiji; its islands are their "base camp."
Credit: Mark Hay
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Eat, fight with, run from or mate with? For most marine species, the answer lies in biochemistry.
Credit: Mark Hay
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Researchers have studied more than 800 species in the waters around Fiji's many islands.
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