Pearson College Marine Science

At 5:45 pm on 2 November, 8 light traps designed to capture plankton were suspended off the Pearson College dock.

Marine Science students retrieved the traps the next day and examined the plankton that were captured.

We saw some very cool critters including many copepods with egg masses:

And a polychaete worm and a crab megalopa larva:

Tags: copepod, crab megalopa larva, light trap, megalopae, Pearson College dock, plankton, polychaete worm

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