Dr. Levin in the wet lab aboard R/V Falkor (IMAGE)

Schmidt Ocean Institute

Dr. Levin in the wet lab aboard R/V Falkor

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Principal Investigator Dr. Lisa Levin (of Scripps Institution of Oceanography) sorts through organisms that have grown on a piece of wood. The wood was placed at depth well before the expedition to test what creatures would colonize it.

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