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early plankton net
Large zooplankton net from 1965
Large plankton net goes over the ship's side
MOCNESS coming aboard
MOCNESS rectangular frame
Real-time data from the MOCNESS
Retrieving the sample jar
 
Large plankton net goes over the ship's side
Plankton nets are easy to use: lower overboard and tow slowly behind the ship. Plankton, and anything else larger than the mesh, collect in a sampling jar at the tapered end of the net. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)