Chemical defenses against predation have been documented in benthic algae and invertebrates but little is known about chemical defenses in the plankton. Marine snow communities. It is important in vertical transport and nutrient cycles in the sea and serves as a food source and habitat for many kinds of plankton. Academic Activities and Outreach Distance learning. We are exploring the effective use of web-based scientific resources in teaching and teacher training by using the BATS data set to explore oceanography and global environmental change.
Students design and conduct independent projects under faculty supervision.
BBSR offers a slate of intensive courses in Marine Science for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. The project involves an annual scientific expedition which is the focus of an original curriculum developed for grades 4 through 8. A comparison of the quantity and composition of material caught in a neutrally buoyant versus surface-tethered sediment trap. I Steinberg, D.K., C.A. Carlson, N.R. Bates, S.A. Goldthwait, L.P. Madin, and A.F. Michaels. Zooplankton vertical migration and the active transport of dissolved organic and inorganic carbon in the Sargasso Sea.