Repost: The Bounty of Species in a Single Scoop of Seafloor Mud

Via Charles Darwin Trust

"If Darwin could have taken a scoop of seafloor mud he would have been able to compare it with a scoop of Cudham pond mud.  A mere handful of seafloor mud may contain as many species as are found in a square meter of tropical rainforest."

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