The World of Haystack Rock – “Zooplankton: Indicators of Ocean Change”

Pyrosomes, a species of plankton

Samantha Zeman will be discussing zooplankton and its importance in our ecosystem.  Samantha is a research assistant at Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, Oregon.  She works in an ocean-monitoring program that collects oceanographic data on bi-weekly research cruises.  Her focus is zooplankton taxonomy and quantifying the importance of the lower trophic levels.

This is a free event at the library and open to the public.