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of the domes was achieved by investigating habitats at low tide

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u".t,no tne trapped air from each dome loli""tion. ire made anc brought back to
;;r;-"'. u o u"" of garden hose one end the labsforstudy ln a developl ng country'
*"i olt t o-"d nearthe top of the airspace ;r;;;; Papua New Guinea the emPhasis
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it u Uniuuttity "hands
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an approach more con-
tnat when the water was blown
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irl" tr. rom inside the dome' the air
f . i".i *iil traditional methods of
air removed
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deoths up to 40 m ln such situations and Periormed
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