Karnolab

Tag: zooplankton

  • These Are the Voyages of the Bio Suburban…

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    Sorry for the lack of posts from the Channel Island crew! Augie and I went on a whirlwind tour of the Bay Area last week, and were too busy to keep up on our blogging. But here’s a recap! Last Tuesday Augie and I loaded into our trusty suburban (with significantly less gear than last…

  • Pursuing Plankton

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    Every few kilometers we stop the ship to put our zooplankton net in the water. We want to see what kind of zooplankton (the main food for Xantus’ murrelets and Cassin’s auklets) there is in the top 50 meters of the water. In order to calculate how much water the net filters, we have a…