collage with three images, the first pic has the crew of the RV Solander deploying the Niskin bottles rossette and CTD (a combined device with special bottles to collect water samples and sensors that measure among other things temperature, salinity, turbidity, and chlorophyl in real time in the water. The second shows Dr Sven Uthicke collecting a plankton sample and the third shows one of the volunteers concentrating the plankton sample in a small volume for preservation in ethanol
🧪Today is day 8 of the #plankton #collection #summer2025 trip in the Great Barrier Reef #GBR #Australia
We are collecting plankton to see where can we detect Crown of Thorns Seastar #CoTS larvae. It is going to be a Merry Christmas on board the RV Solander #AIMS