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Scientists Stace Beaulieu (left), Naomi Ward, and Breea Govenar wear gloves to keep panels used to collect colonizing larvae on the seafloor free of human bacteria that could contaminate their research experiments. On shore, biologists will look at the panels to learn how the larvae of tubeworms, mussels and other vent animals settle and establish new communities. (Photo by Amy Nevala)

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