So many samples! So much data!

Measuring low level nutrients on a spectrophotometer

After ten days of research at sea on the cruise we brought back a ton of samples to analyze in the C-MORE labs.  We measured nutrient concentrations, primary and bacterial production, chlorophyll a concentrations, ATP and particulate carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus.  We spent the last week of the course running these samples in the lab and analyzing the data.  We used these data along with data collected from the CTD, optical sensors and the genomic samples to make a 2 hour presentation on our findings.  So much data!

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Primary productivity samples awaiting analysis on the liquid scintillation counter.