Diatoms and Copepods

In Dabob Bay, WA

Paradigms and paradoxes in marine food chains

Diatoms
<I>Thalassiosira aestivalis</I> <I>Thalassiosira nordenskioeldii</I>
Thalassiosira aestivalis Thalassiosira nordenskioeldii
<I>Thalassiosira pacifica</I> <I>Thalassiosira punctigera</I>
Thalassiosira pacifica Thalassiosira punctigera

Copepods
<I>Calanus pacificus</I> <I>Pseudocalanus newmani</I> <I>C. pacificus</I> head using SEM
Calanus pacificus Pseudocalanus newmani C. pacificus head using SEM

Team Dabob at Work
Bruce and Andy pondering Net Tows at Night Some of our gear on deck
Bruce and Andy pondering Net Tows at Night Some of our gear on deck
A sample full of <I>Phaeocystis</I> Bruce and Jamie Picking Andy loading the incubator
A sample full of Phaeocystis Bruce and Jamie Picking Andy loading the incubator

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