Mini Plankton BioBlitz
We recently held a mini plankton BioBlitz on Quadra Island, British Columbia!
Hakai researchers gathered plankton from different locations and at different depths using net tows and light traps (check out sentinels.hakai.org for more on these), as well as newly-settled former plankton on settlement plates. Back at the lab, the organisms were sorted, identified, photographed, and genetic samples were taken for DNA barcoding to help us know exactly who we're seeing in the waters around our Quadra Island field station. We saw so many beautiful and fascinating creatures—we gathered nearly 1000 samples for barcoding!—and we're excited to share them with you!
In the meantime, here's a brief behind the scenes glimpse of the bioblitz in action!
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