Underwater robots help scientists see where marine larvae go and how they get there
- Written by Thomas Wolcott, Professor Emeritus of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University
Many people who love the oceans never realize that a single drop of seawater is teeming with plankton, which means “drifters” in Greek. These organisms, which typically range in size from a pinhead down to the tip of a pin, spend their lives drifting with currents and form the base of ocean food chains.
Most larger marine organisms,...
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