Photos from the EIFEX-project, taken in the year 2004
Caution: These photos as well as the related press release and the interview with Dr. Stefan Hain are embargoed until Wednesday, 18 July 2012, 1900 Berlin time, 1800 London time, 1300 US Eastern time
Research vessel POLARSTERN, picture taken in September 2004. Photo: Alfred Wegener Institute
Bloomed during EIFEX: The diatom Corethron pennatum has spines like its related species Chaeotceros atlanticum and Chaeotceros dichaeta. However, this diatom consists of one cell while the other two are cell chains. Photo: Marina Montresor, SZN / Alfred Wegener Institute
Bloomed during EIFEX: The diatom Chaeotceros atlanticum comes as a chain of cells with four spines on each. Photo: Marina Montresor, SZN / Alfred Wegener Institute
Phaeocystis cells freshly attached to the spines of a diatom (Corethron pennatum) in the process of colony formation (cells are 0.005 mm). Photo: Marina Montresor, SZN / Alfred Wegener Institute
Diatom Chaetoceros atlanticus, Photo: Marina Montresor, SZN / Alfred Wegener Institute
Overview of the EIFEX bloom 26 days after fertilization, at the start of mass sinking. Chains of the spiny diatom genus Chaetoceros dominate the phytoplankton. Photo: Marina Montresor SZN/Alfred Wegener Institute
Overview of the EIFEX bloom 26 days after fertilization, at the start of mass sinking. Chains of the spiny diatom genus Chaetoceros dominate the phytoplankton. Photo: Marina Montresor SZN/AWI
Scientists lift a buoy on board during the EIFEX project in 2004. Photo: Alfred Wegener Institute
