Collecting Samples (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Collecting Samples

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Jaclyn Saunders (far right) fixes the line on a McLane instrument that pumps large volumes of seawater in order to extract the DNA. The instrument on the left measures properties such as temperature, salinity and depth and collects smaller samples of seawater.

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Noelle Held/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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