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Applying hot water to control invasive corallimorphs at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

By National Wildlife Health Center
A diver underwater uses a hose to spray hot water on corallimorphs.
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USGS scientists and partners applied hot water as a control method for invasive corallimorphs at Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.

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