CCE-Gelata

Top left to bottom right: Salp, pyrosome, Velella velella siphonophore, pyrosomes overflowing from net cod ends collected in the CCE during 2021.

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Pyrosome Bloom imaged from ROV dive off Southern California in 2021.

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Pyrosomes overflowing from net cod ends collected in the CCE during 2021

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Vellela velella siphonophore at the CCE LTER.

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A pyrosome at the CCE LTER

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A salp at the CCE LTER

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Sifting through what was caught in a trawl net, including an absurd amount of urchins.

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Deploying an enormous net, called an Oozeki net, that will be dragged behind the boat to catch fish and other exciting creatures from deep in the water.

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Setting up scientific equipment in the ship’s lab.