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A sponge forest (Isodyctia sp.) on a sandy stretch of the bank provides shelter for a longhorn sculpin. Vertical growth such as these sponges may be important as a juvenile recruitment area -- a place where young animals can hide from predators. (photo: Peter Auster and Paul Donaldson, NURC, UConn)

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