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Notes from the Field: The 2024 Ocean Sciences Meeting
The FlowCam team had an excellent time in New Orleans for ASLO’s Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) last month! In case you missed it—or just want to …
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Notes from the Field: ASLO Returns to Meeting in Person
Since COVID began over three years ago, many scientific conferences normally held in person were either canceled, postponed, or reorganized into …
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South Atlantic Zooplankton Imaged by FlowCam Macro
FlowCam Macro Helps Researchers Understand Daily Migration Patterns of Zooplankton and Carbon Cycling
In this paper, Kathryn Cook and colleagues at the University of Exeter used FlowCam to study how the daily migration patterns of zooplankton …
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Using FlowCam Macro for the Study of Zooplankton
A Conversation with Kathryn Cook, PhD Zooplankton have fascinated scientists in the field of marine ecology for many years. Changes in the structure …
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Citizen Science Meets Polar Plankton with Fjord Phyto
Documenting ecological changes in Antarctica is extremely important, as the continent is experiencing some of the fastest rates of warming on the …
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FlowCam Dissertation Highlights the Importance of Collaboration Among Scientists
Turbulence plays a key role in the mixing of lakes, seas, and oceans and inspired the subject of Dr. Russell Arnott's Ph.D. dissertation. With little …
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Noctiluca scintillans imaged by FlowCam showing endosymbionts
FlowCam Useful in Discovery of New Mode of Cell Division in Noctiluca Blooms
Green Noctiluca scintillans, or gNoctiluca, is one of the fastest biogeographically spreading marine planktonic organisms in the world's oceans and …
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Fram Strait
Using FlowCam Macro to Evaluate Spatial Distribution of the Copepod Calanus finmarchicus in the Fram Strait
Carbon sequestration refers to the capture, removal, and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. It is a key process in stabilizing …
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Recent Notable FlowCam Studies in Aquatic Research
Scientists from around the world have been using FlowCam for over 20 years to better understand the ecosystems in our lakes, rivers, and oceans. As …
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Three Gorges Dam in Xiangxi Bay
FlowCam Measures Size of Zooplankton in China's Three Gorges Reservoir
Zooplankton are an essential part of the aquatic food web. They are the thread that connects the primary producers (phytoplankton) to high trophic …
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New FlowCam Technical Notes: Using Preservatives with Phytoplankton Samples
Aquatic scientists often need to store natural samples for a period of time before processing them using FlowCam. There are multiple preservatives …
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Insight into the Effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Phytoplankton in the Gulf of Mexico
Researchers Quigg et al. have published a study in Marine Pollution Bulletin summarizing their research on phytoplankton in the Gulf of Mexico, and …
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