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Megan May testing seawater for temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen.

Megan May testing seawater for temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen.
Megan May testing seawater for temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen.
Megan May testing seawater for temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen.
Megan May testing seawater for temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen.
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Kostel, Kenneth
Megan May testing seawater for temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen.
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05/19/2015
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Megan May is collecting samples of water, sand, and shellfish to study antibiotic resistance in the marine environment.
At Old Silver Beach, North Falmouth.
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MIT-WHOI Joint Program graduate student Megan May tested temperature and salinity of the water near Little Island in West Falmouth, Mass., recently as part of her research. May is studying natural antibiotic resistance in the marine environmentthe levels and types of resistance that occur, as well as how human activity may be affecting it. Bacteria and other organisms sometimes use antibiotic resistance as a defense mechanism in the marine environment. Understanding how where and how it occurs could help researchers fight the increase in antibiotic resistance that the CDC has called one of our most serious health threats.
Photo by Ken Kostel
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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