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UMaine researchers join voyage studying phytoplankton, ocean carbon Sun, 05/16/2021 - 3:30pm
Scientists prepare to launch a sediment trap designed by Margaret Estapa and her colleagues from the RRS James Cook during a research voyage in the North Atlantic. (Photo courtesy Lee-Karp Boss)
University of Maine researchers are participating in a monthlong research voyage in the North Atlantic Ocean to investigate the degree to which the visual characteristics of the upper ocean captured by satellites reveal information about plankton communities residing there, the amount of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere they fix, and the amount of carbon they export to the deep ocean.