{"id":34,"date":"2020-03-11T15:31:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T15:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/?p=34"},"modified":"2020-03-11T15:32:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T15:32:02","slug":"nets-on-the-atlantic-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/2020\/03\/11\/nets-on-the-atlantic-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"NETS ON THE ATLANTIC COAST"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> The weather is beautiful off the Portugal coast right now, and we\u2019re having lots of sampling success. We just finished deploying various nets to sample microplastic particles, zooplankton, and gelatinous zooplankton. <br><br> The net sampling starts with this 1.5m diameter WP3 net. The net is dropped to 100 m, and towed vertically to collect gelatinous zooplankton (jellyfish, if you will) and their ingested microplastics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/03\/WP3-383x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35\" width=\"182\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/03\/WP3-383x1024.png 383w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/03\/WP3-269x720.png 269w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/03\/WP3.png 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, we tow a Bongo net, which consists of two nets side-by-side. The nets are towed laterally for about 30 minutes at 50 m depth. These collect suspended particles and zooplankton.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/03\/Bongo-1024x477.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36\" width=\"443\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/03\/Bongo-1024x477.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/03\/Bongo-480x224.png 480w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/03\/Bongo-768x358.png 768w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/03\/Bongo.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Finally, we tow a catamaran trawl, which floats on the sea surface and scoops up floating particles and zooplankton down to about 30 cm depth.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/03\/Catamaran-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37\" width=\"431\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/03\/Catamaran-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/03\/Catamaran-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/03\/Catamaran-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/03\/Catamaran.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the net tows are full of zooplankton (like these blue copepods) and a few juvenile fish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/03\/Copepod.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38\" width=\"227\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/03\/Copepod.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/03\/Copepod-480x279.png 480w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/03\/Copepod-768x447.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> The second catamaran tow today passed through an accumulation zone formed at the sea surface by Langmuir circulation. These zones are easy to identify because they form long lines of foam, algae, sticks, and other floating debris. That net tow sampled a variety of mm-cm sized plastic fragments of different colors, shapes, and types. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"993\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/03\/Plasticbits.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/03\/Plasticbits.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/03\/Plasticbits-480x477.png 480w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/03\/Plasticbits-135x135.png 135w, https:\/\/www.oceanblogs.org\/hotmic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2020\/03\/Plasticbits-768x763.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weather is beautiful off the Portugal coast right now, and we\u2019re having lots of sampling success. We just finished deploying various nets to sample microplastic particles, zooplankton, and gelatinous zooplankton. The net sampling starts with this 1.5m diameter WP3 net. 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