SEVENSEAS Marine Conservation & Travel February 2016 Issue 9 | Page 49

This project was a partnership between Currin, Davis, both at the NCCOS laboratory in Beaufort, North Carolina, and three undergraduate co-authors, all of whom were awarded internships through the NOAA Hollings Scholar Program and the NOAA College-Supported Internship program.

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Photos: Page XX Photo: Mangrove seedling in Venezuela, XX Mangrove forrest river in Palawan, XX Mangrove plantation to reestablish a tidal forrest.

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