MICROPLANKTON

Fossil Antarctic radiolarian


Fossil Antarctic radiolarian: siliceous shell of a one-celled animal from the sediments of the Ross Sea near Antarctica. The health of the oceans ultimately depends on microplankton like those seen here. x500

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Dee Breger
Mgr. SEM/EDX Facility
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
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