![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090509074632im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Researchers View Swimming Tactics of Tiny Aquatic Predators
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October 24, 2007
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By applying state-of-the-art holographic microscopy to a major marine biology challenge, researchers have identified the swimming and attack patterns of two tiny but deadly microbes linked to fish kills in the Chesapeake Bay and other waterways.
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Source Johns Hopkins University
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