Warren Currie 🦠🦐Weekend #Plankton #Factoid🦠🦐
#Neuston refers to organisms that live at the interface between water and air. They can float on the surface like by-the-wind sailors, use #water tension like water striders, or live near the surface like Pontellid #copepods. Many of these organisms use bright blue astaxanthin pigment for protection from #UV radiation. They are patchily distributed and are an oasis of biomass in low productivity #oceans, yet are still poorly studied. #science
https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/30/neuston-sea-creatures-ocean-surface-science-study
#Neuston refers to organisms that live at the interface between water and air. They can float on the surface like by-the-wind sailors, use #water tension like water striders, or live near the surface like Pontellid #copepods. Many of these organisms use bright blue astaxanthin pigment for protection from #UV radiation. They are patchily distributed and are an oasis of biomass in low productivity #oceans, yet are still poorly studied. #science
https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/30/neuston-sea-creatures-ocean-surface-science-study