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Netting the Small Stuff
March 4, 2019
Copepods (shown in blue) are tiny crustaceans. These copepods images were taken with a high-powered microscope with an internal camera.
Photo: NOAA
Plankton is a name for a variety of plants and animals that live in the water column and are found throughout the world’s oceans. Plankton are important because they are an integral part of the food chain, and they can help scientists better understand currents and transport in the oceans... Due to migration patterns known as diel vertical migration, plankton can be collected more easily at night.Read the blog post
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Netting the Small Stuff
Can you spot the fish eggs in this sample?