A group of ten students is standing on a pier watching a woman give a demonstration of how to work a piece of equipment. Its a sunny day and the pacific ocean is blue in the background.
A large group of thirty students are standing in a circle and smiling up at the camera.
A group of approximately ten students are on the edge of a pier with the Pacific Ocean in the background. Four students on the left are in a group preparing a net, and a girl on the right is holding an anemometer up to the wind.
A group of ten students is standing on a pier watching a woman give a demonstration of how to work a piece of equipment. Its a sunny day and the pacific ocean is blue in the background.
Exploring the impact on the Monterey Bay as winter turns to spring
Spring brings a big shift in the ecosystems of the Monterey Bay. In the fall, the water was thick with dinoflagellates, but as conditions change, we're expecting to see an increase in diatom populations. Seasonal upwellings bring up plenty of nutrients for these glass-walled organisms, which multiply so quickly that they often turn the water green. . .
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