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23°27 S 151°55 E

Reef in miniature. Technician Aaron Chai (above) with an experi-

ment that uses climate change predictions to determine the future

health of coral. Analysing the vitality of the reef will hopefully help

to protect habitats for marine creatures, such as the green turtle (left).

Teeming with life.

From its base on Heron

Island, the research

station is perfectly

positioned to run

experiments on the

Great Barrier Reef,

which harbours 1625

fish species and more

than 3000 species of

mollusc, including the

giant clam (below).

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:

Ardenna

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Tridacna gigas

; Chelonia mydas

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