|
Home
PMR
the Organization
The Research Ship
Oceanographic
Adventure highlights
Plankton Sampling
Water Sampling
Marine Mammals
Underwater
TV Live Dive
Touch Tanks
Protecting
Puget Sound
Want to go Here's How
Contact Us
Employment
& Volunteering
|
Pacific Marine Research
Marine Science Afloat TM
PLANKTON
SAMPLING
Next, let's get our hands wet learning to measure water
transparency with a Secchi disc.
Then, we each
collect drifting organisms using a variety of plankton
nets.
PEEKING AT PLANKTON
The term plankton
broadly identifies a world of bizarre creatures barely visible to the
naked
eye. Among these microscopic organisms are,
newly hatched octopus waving tiny tentacles,
plants
which glow in the dark, larval snails that swim, and tiny jellyfish which
hunt and spear
larval crabs. By viewing our live
plankton samples under a specially designed
video
microscope, we can watch these startling
creatures on high resolution TV monitors.
Led by
our shipboard educators, learn the names, habits, and peculiarities of
these intricate
organisms….Next it’s your turn.
Proceed to our lab’s stereo microscopes where you
will
individually sort, identify and discuss your
plankton "catch" with our biologists.
"I learned many new things
yesterday. It seems amazing that all that life could be in a drop of
water. It was fascinating to have a hands-on experience with the sea
animals and the plants…"Yoon Park,
student
|
QuickTime