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Posts Tagged ‘eDNA’

Field Notes: Testing MOCNESS

By ehugus | August 5, 2022

Joel Llopiz and Kayla Gardner look on as the MOCNESS tow net is deployed. The MOCNESS can deploy up to…

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Following the DNA trail in the Pacific Ocean

By Ken Kostel | August 14, 2019
Analyzing eDNA

Mercury News

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Who goes there?

By Ken Kostel | August 7, 2019
Niskin bottles

  As the Ocean Twilight Zone expedition on the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow off the US East Coast winds…

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Round Up the Unusual Suspects: DNA forensics identifies unknown deep-sea organisms

By Kathryn Baltes | February 27, 2019
Annette Govindarajan pipettes twilight zone samples

Annette Govindarajan is a kind of marine detective. She tracks down animals living in different parts of the ocean. For her, the largely unexplored ocean twilight zone—the vast, dimly lit region 650 to 3,280 feet (200 to 1,000 meters) below the surface—still harbors many species yet to be discovered and identified.

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  • Highlighting the Ocean Twilight Zone at COP16 October 25, 2024
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  • Welcome to the Fish Tank October 25, 2023
  • Spotlight: KR Baltes October 18, 2023
  • eDNA Takes Center Stage April 17, 2023
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