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Brooks said that may give opportunities to up to 20 students over the course of the grant.<\/p>\n<p>Schwing will also be employing student researchers for work on his $32,500 grant from FWC to study \u201cInvestigations in karenia brevis bloom benthos coupling in coastal West Florida shelf region.\u201d Sediment core samples collected in the spring prior to red tide or other harmful algal blooms will be used to establish baseline health and relative abundance of species in particular areas near the west coast of the state. 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