Under the Microscope #13 - Tiny worm pellets
01 March 2012Matthew Kuo tells us how tiny worm faecal pellets affect how oil pipelines sit on the seabed.
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Matthew Kuo tells us how tiny worm faecal pellets affect how oil pipelines sit on the seabed.
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