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Building an Automated Underwater Microscope

Building an Automated Underwater Microscope

September 9, 2005

A conversation with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution biologist Heidi Sosik about her work studying phytoplankton ecology in the coastal ocean and the new instrument, the Imaging FlowCytobot, that she and biologist Rob Olson developed. Sosik describes the importance of phytoplankton to the food web and ecology of the coastal ocean, and how this new instrument, which will be deployed this summer, represents a breakthrough in year-round monitoring of coastal phytoplankton communities.

'Ever Get Scared in the Sub?' and Other Questions

‘Ever Get Scared in the Sub?’ and Other Questions

August 3, 2005
Life After Alvin

Life After Alvin

August 3, 2005
What Is the Alvin Training Program Like?

What Is the Alvin Training Program Like?

August 3, 2005

Like many boys who spend their youths throwing baseballs in Massachusetts parks, Tarantino dreamed of playing for the Red Sox. When not pitching, he liked to take apart his toys…

Marie Tharp

April 1, 1999

APRIL 1, 1999 Taken From “Connect the Dots: Mapping the Seafloor and Discovering the Mid-ocean Ridge” by Marie Tharp, Chapter 2 in Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia Twelve Perspectives on the…

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