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LIFE UNDERWATER

PLANKTON - ZOOPLANKTON - RESEARCHER'S OPINION

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Bernadette Pinel-Alloul’s interview

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Bernadette Pinel-Alloul is a tenured professor and chair of the Département de sciences biologiques de l'Université de Montréal. She is part of the Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en limnologie et en environnement aquatique (GRIL).
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Researcher using a Niskin bottle.

Using a Niskin bottle, water is collected at specific depths to study the presence of zooplankton.

Using a transparent bottle to collect the zooplankton.

The zooplankton sample is preserved in a transparent bottle.

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Using a cantilevering vertival tow net

A cantilevering vertical tow net is used to sample zooplankton in a specific stratum of the water column.

The sample of zooplankton is put into a glass container.

The zooplankton is then put into a transparent bottle.

The Schindler-Patalas trap is used to collect zooplankton.

Zooplankton can be collected at specific points in the water column using a Schindler-Patalas trap.

The Schindler-Patalas trap is emptied.

The Schindler-Patalas trap is also emptied into a transparent bottle.

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LIFE UNDERWATER

PLANKTON - ZOOPLANKTON