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News Release 14-084

Ocean's microbial megacity: Like humans, the sea's most abundant organisms have clear daily cycles

Coordinated timing may have implications for ocean food web

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electron micrograph of marine planktonic microbes, colorized for contrast.

Scanning electron micrograph of marine planktonic microbes, colorized for contrast.

Credit: Ed DeLong and Dave Karl, University of Hawaii


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Men deploying of the Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) in the ocean

Deployment of the Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) for free-drifting plankton sampling.

Credit: MBARI


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Sketch of the Environmental Sample Processor (ESP), suspended from a floatation buoy.

Sketch of the Environmental Sample Processor (ESP), suspended from a floatation buoy.

Credit: MBARI


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Research vessel Kilo Moana at sea

Research vessel Kilo Moana, from which the Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) was deployed.

Credit: Doug Peebles, University of Hawaii


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men on research vessel working with a floatation buoy

Floatation buoy from which the Environmental Sample Processor (ESP) is suspended.

Credit: MBARI


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Transgender sex workers in Jakarta, Indonesia. This "key affected population" has high HIV prevalence but is largely ignored by government efforts. Australia, in contrast, has aggressively targeted its prevention interventions to high-risk groups. See p. 152.

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