Our plankton sample this week was dominated by the crustacean Penilia avirostris. Many, like this specimen, were gravid females.
PeniliaavirostrisCLOSE2012Zuma062
Tursiops truncatus surfing 2012 09-27 Zuma-110
Tursiopstruncatussurfing2012Zuma110
Pelecanus occidentalis in flight pooping 2012 09-27 Zuma-013
Pelecanusoccidentalisflightpooping2012Zuma013
Tursiops truncatus upside down feeding in surf zone 2 WIDE 012 09-27 Zuma-133
TursiopstruncatusupsidefeedingsurfzoneWIDE012Zuma133
Tursiops truncatus upside down feeding in surf zone 2012 09-27 Zuma-133
Tursiopstruncatusupsidefeedingsurfzone2012Zuma133
Tursiops truncatus upside down feeding 2012 09-27 Zuma-085
Tursiopstruncatusupsidefeeding2012Zuma085
Tursiops truncatus upside down feeding 2012 09-27 Zuma-024
Tursiopstruncatusupsidefeeding2012Zuma024
Juv Larus 2012 09-27 Zuma-004
JuvLarus2012Zuma004
Larus heermanni juv on sand 2012 09-27 Zuma-002
Larusheermannijuvsand2012Zuma002
Pelecanus occidentalis in flight 2012 09-27 Zuma-036
Pelecanusoccidentalisflight2012Zuma036
Pelecanus occidentalis in flight 2012 09-27 Zuma-056
Pelecanusoccidentalisflight2012Zuma056
Pelecanus occidentalis in flight 2012 09-27 Zuma-047
Pelecanusoccidentalisflight2012Zuma047
Sterna and Larus in flight CLOSE 2012 09-27 Zuma-049
SternaLarusflightCLOSE2012Zuma049
Penilia avirostris 2012 09-27 Zuma-001
Peniliaavirostris2012Zuma001
Tursiops Baywatch buoy and float 2012 09-27 Zuma-096
TursiopsBaywatchbuoyfloat2012Zuma096
Tursiops juv & surfer 2012 09-27 Zuma-074
Tursiopsjuvsurfer2012Zuma074
Tursiops cow calf Phalocrocorax & Aechmophorus 2012 09-27 Zuma-068
TursiopscowcalfPhalocrocoraxAechmophorus2012Zuma068
Tursiops truncatus cow & calf 2012 09-27 Zuma-020
Tursiopstruncatuscowcalf2012Zuma020
Tursiops truncatus & surfer 2012 09-27 Zuma-076
Tursiopstruncatussurfer2012Zuma076
wave 2012 09-27 Zuma-006
wave2012Zuma006
1 Penilia avirostris backlight 2012 09-27 Zuma-002
Peniliaavirostrisbacklight2012Zuma002
Pyrosoma atlanticum 2012 10-01 Zuma-041
Pyrosomaatlanticum2012Zuma041
Pyrosoma atlanticum 2012 10-01 Zuma-019
Pyrosomaatlanticum2012Zuma019