Biologist Jodie Rummer monitors readings on her laptop aboard the M/V Chertan, anchored off Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea. In a tub at her feet, fish caught near the carbon-dioxide vents are racing around. Rummer uses the computer to measure their metabolic capacity, which she will compare with fish netted from healthy waters.
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