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Researchers at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa have received an $892,290 National Science Foundation grant for deepwater seaweed exploration in the mesophotic zone of Hawaiʻi’s coastlines.
This research will mark the first investigation into genome-level adaptations of red, green and brown seaweeds that live in the low-light environment of the mesophotic zone.