Emily Chen splits a zooplankton sample in half. Half was sorted in the lab on Research Vessel Sikuliaq during the Exploring Pelagic Biodiversity of the Gulf of Alaska and the Impact of Its Seamounts expedition and the other half was preserved in ethanol.
Rinsing Codend
Image courtesy of Exploring Pelagic Biodiversity of the Gulf of Alaska and the Impact of Its Seamounts.
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Russ Hopcroft rinses a codend (the collection bucket from a net) from the Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System (MOCNESS) into a dish so its contents can be photographed and sorted by the taxonomists in the lab on Research Vessel Sikuliaq.