Chamber of Ion Microprobe (IMAGE)

NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region

Chamber of Ion Microprobe

Caption

The chamber of an ion microprobe, an advanced instrument that occupies an entire room at UCLA. The instrument measures oxygen isotopes in salmon otoliths, or ear bones, inside the chamber to determine temperatures the fish experienced inside their eggs.

Credit

Rachel Johnson/NOAA Fisheries

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Public Domain

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