Plankton Optical Responses

Jason Graff (OSU) measures the carbon in phytoplankton and sorts species with a laser-based instrument.

Credit: Stephanie Schollaert Uz (NASA). Download this image (PNG, 282 KB).

[13-May-16] Onboard the R/V Atlantis Jason Graff of Oregon State University measures the carbon in phytoplankton through an instrument that bombards sea-water samples with a laser and sorts phytoplankton by their optical response.

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