Pyrocystis noctiluca is a bioluminescent
dinoflagellate (above). Ceratium is another dinoflagellate that was found
in our open ocean net tows (>>).
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Although infrequently observed, some chain diatoms were
discovered in our open ocen net tows (above).
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Unusual blue copepods were sampled: why
might copepods that live in the Sargasso Sea have this color? Pictured
at left (<<) is a copepod nauplii
(lower right corner), a "favorite food" for larvae-eaters.
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