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Small boats settle into the rich mudflats of Morro Bay as the receding tide reveals the bay's intricate ecosystem beneath a blanket of ethereal pink fog. These productive intertidal zones, which filter an estimated 80 million gallons of water daily, support critical eelgrass beds that sequester ten times more carbon per acre than a mature tropical forest while providing nursery habitat for commercially important fish species.
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Small boats settle into the rich mudflats of Morro Bay as the receding tide reveals the bay's intricate ecosystem beneath a blanket of ethereal pink fog. These productive intertidal zones, which filter an estimated 80 million gallons of water daily, support critical eelgrass beds that sequester ten times more carbon per acre than a mature tropical forest while providing nursery habitat for commercially important fish species.