Changing plankton in the Humboldt current

We are a team from the Finnish Environment Institute and Tvärminne Zoological Station carrying out an experiment in Chile at the Estación Costera de Investigaciones Marinas (ECIM). We will describe our experience in this blog.

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Crab tide, not a ‘red tide’

Suddenly the ocean turned red outside our window. Having phytoplankton backgrounds we immediately thought it might be a 'red tide'. However, it turned out to be millions of small crabs swimming around, something that was appreciated by hordes of birds coming for a free lunch. 






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      • Clening up - T+2
      • Trip to Valparaiso
      • Last sampling day - T12
      • Answers for the post "A closer look at the lab"
      • Zooplankton beasts
      • A closer look at the lab
      • T9
      • A day with the Viu family
      • Wine region
      • Sampling day: T7
      • An evening walk around the station
      • The different communities
      • The sampling day is over and the sun is going down
      • Another sampling day
      • Visit to Pablo Neruda's house
      • Some local fauna and flora
      • First day of sampling
      • El loco
      • Crab tide, not a ‘red tide’
      • Las Cruces station
      • Sampling water in the Horrific Pacific and setup ...
      • The reason why we do this study
      • To start
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