Steve Okkenen from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and Phil Alatalo from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution deploy the Acrobat, an instrument towed by the boat to measure water temperature, salinity, and fluorescence. The research team deployed a variety of instruments to examine the oceanic conditions that bring copepods to coastal waters. (Photo by Carin Ashjian, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)[back]
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