Madison Emery as a graduate student at UTA researching sea creature health (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Arlington

Madison Emery as a graduate student at UTA researching sea creature health

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Marine animals like jellyfish, corals and sea anemones often live with algae inside their cells in a symbiotic relationship. The animals give the algae nutrients and a place to live; in return, algae give the animals some of the food they make from sunlight via photosynthesis.

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