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Figure (left) autopsy of dolphins; (right) treatm>εent of sea turtles
Picture (left) ciliates eating zooxanthellae o₽¶n coral body; (right) virus of zooxanthellae
Figure (left) Viruses in corals: (rightπ$) Epidemiological study of coral bleaching