The scientific research partly is trying to understand why this year is so unusual for new species. This species has been identified as Drymonema dalmatinum . The largest we've collected was 61 cm across the bell. Others we've seen are as large as 1 meter across. This jellyfish is actually upside-down.
Tonight is movie night.
This is our high school student, Julianne McDonald, hard at work with her chlorophyll samples. A garbage pail, couple of nets and good old fashioned teamwork is the best method of obtaining large Drymonema samples. This is a C.T.D. instrument, which measures the conductivity, temperature and depth of the water, along with providing us with valuable water samples from specific depths. The C.T.D. in action. This is the single most beloved man on the boat, Kelly the cook.