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Several egg-filled shrimp held in a hand.

Several egg-filled shrimp held in a hand.
Several egg-filled shrimp held in a hand.
Several egg-filled shrimp held in a hand.
Several egg-filled shrimp held in a hand.
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DeMarines, Julia
Several egg-filled shrimp held in a hand.
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03/15/2012
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Julia DeMarines was the blogger on this OASES 2012 cruise. She is a research assistant to Dr. David Grinspoon, curator of Astrobiology at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
OASES 2012 expedition to Mid-Cayman Rise.
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Last January, WHOI scientist Chris German led an international research expedition to the Caribbean aboard R/V Atlantis to explore hydrothermal vent sites on the Mid-Cayman Rise, which were first seen in 2010. The expedition, dubbed OASES 2012, brought together an international group of researchers to study the geology, chemistry, and biology of these ventsthe deepest (at more than three miles down) and some of the hottest hydrothermal systems known. In a major discovery, biologists found three vent shrimp species, all previously unknown to scientists, and many females carried bright orange eggs.
Photo by Julia DeMarines
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
http://www.oases2012.blogspot.com
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