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“Neuston” are organisms that live on or just below the surface — like this juvenile triggerfish!

March 20, 2017
TAS ’15 Julia West documents a juvenile triggerfish found in the saragassum sampled by the neuston net.

Photo: Julia West

Sargassum often collects in our nets. Sometimes we get gallons of Sargassum, and we have to carefully hose the organisms off of it, and throw the weeds back. We get the most interesting variety of life in the Sargassum! It supports entire communities of life that wouldn’t be there without it. Here are a few examples of some of the photographable organisms we have collected in the neuston net.
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