Zooplankton

Decapod zoea (larvae) from a little auk diet sample

Everything ends - also field seasons. Autumns are for plankton in Tromsø. Hundreds of samples wait for people, who have the knowledge and nerves to look at them. Since I happen to be one of the few, getting a job for autumn seems to be an easy task. The lab at NPI is as labbish as ever before. White walls, stereoscope, formalin smell, zooplankton, zooplankton and zooplankton...However, they'll pay for it. I won't complain this time...Photo above represents one of the funkiest. A decapod, probably Pagurus pubescens (i.e. hermit grab), larvae.