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Applying toxic paste to control invasive corallimorphs at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

By National Wildlife Health Center
A diver underwater uses a hose to apply paste to corallimorphs in a plot marked by a square of white pipes.
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USGS scientists and partners applied a toothpaste-like compound mixed with sodium hydroxide as a control method for invasive corallimorphs at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.

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