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Bryozoan thickets

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ASSOC PROF ABBY SMITH

Bryozoans are important in a kind of ecosystem way. They provide a location for biodiversity. And so particularly we think that, in New Zealand's mid-shelf waters, they are providing a nursery ground for fish and that the baby fish can hide somewhere, and it would be a bad idea to lose them.

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Published: 17 September 2009
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