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From: tim@ism780c.UUCP
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Closed ecosystems ( can they be bought? )
Message-ID: <5814@ism780c.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 24-Mar-87 15:43:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 24 15:43:00 1987
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There was an article in the Los Angeles Times (3/23/87) about
the Biosphere II project ( an attempt to build a closed ecosystem
that can support eight people for two years ).

The article said that the first closed artificial ecosystem was
made 17 years ago, and consisted of a sealed glass ball, containing
shrimp, algae, and micro-organisms.  The shrimp live off the algae,
the algae live off the micro-organisms, and those live off the waste
of the shrimp ( and, I guess, sunlight ).

The article also said that there was some company that was selling
these mail order, for $250.  Does anyone know if these are still
available? 
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