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Carin holding a plankton net seawater sample container after recovery.

Carin holding a plankton net seawater sample container after recovery.
Carin holding a plankton net seawater sample container after recovery.
Carin holding a plankton net seawater sample container after recovery.
Carin holding a plankton net seawater sample container after recovery.
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Sherr, Ev
Carin holding a plankton net seawater sample container after recovery.
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06/01/2005
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Date is approximate.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 44, No. 2, Pg. 16:
Where the whales are.
Barrow, Alaska—WHOI biologist Carin Ashjian and colleagues spent five weeks this summer studying the coastal ocean off Alaska, where bowhead whales migrate to feed on dense aggregations of zooplankton. Aboard a 44-foot boat, the researchers made transects across the continental shelf to locate and measure plankton, oceanic currents, fronts, eddies, and nutrients—with an eye on how these factors influence plankton concentrations. The research will help assess the vulnerability of the delicately balanced ecosystem to environmental changes.
Photo by Ev Sherr, Oregon Stare University
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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