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As we round out Women’s History Month, we wanted to highlight a six more of our fantastic scientists at work.
March 26, 2018
Scientist Jamie Lee, at work in the floating lab, assesses chlorophyll levels in water samples.
Photo: Patty McGinnis
This is Jamie Lee. "Her role on this mission is to assess chlorophyll levels. Chlorophyll is used as an indicator of primary productivity, which dictates how much food is available for ocean organisms. Jamie takes the water samples collected by the CTD and pours the water through a filter to extract chlorophyll from all the phytoplankton in the sample. Jamie tells me that this work must be conducted in subdued light to prevent the chlorophyll from degrading and giving an incorrect reading.Read the blog post
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