Scientific work aboard the CCGS Amundsen
Working group categories for sampling and research interests: Biodiversity, the world of bacteria and phytoplankton
Even though the physical and chemical context is crucial to our understanding of phytoplankton bloom processes, biogeochemical oceanographers mainly focus on living things; from the smallest virus (mainly a small piece of DNA in a shell) to large marine mammals (seals, polar bears or whales). Obviously, while a pair of binocular suffices to observe birds and whales, it requires various techniques and pieces of equipment for the smaller critters.