Stephanie Yin, from Mark Bertness's lab (http://bertnesslab.com/) at Brown University, tells the story of how marshes in New England have died back as populations of the crab Sesarma have grown.
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The hand-drawn animations were photographed at the Brown University Science Center (http://brown.edu/academics/science-center/). Music by Oyster Bay (http://oysterboy.bandcamp.com/).
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