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New body size database for marine animals is a “library of life” | Marine Organizational Body Size (MOBS) database fills a crucial gap in understanding ocean biodiversity.
Marine Organizational Body Size (MOBS) database fills a crucial gap in understanding ocean biodiversity.
As McClain likes to say, "Body size isn't just a number; it's a key to how life works," because that simple trait is related to "how a species moves, eats, survives, and evolves. McClain officially launched MOBS as a passion project while on sabbatical in 2022 but he had been informally collecting data on body size for various marine groups for several years before that. Jennifer is a senior writer at Ars Technica with a particular focus on where science meets culture, covering everything from physics and related interdisciplinary topics to her favorite films and TV series.
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