We recently partnered with the Morro Bay National Estuary Program to expand upon our phytoplankton monitoring within the estuary. We will be tracking the abundance of over 200 phytoplankton species from two sites in Morro Bay - one located in the Front Bay near the Coast Guard T-Pier and another located in the Back Bay at Pasadena Point. Check out the recent blog post on our monitoring program.
Light microscopy images of phytoplankton under the microscope during plankton counts. Photo credit: Nicholas Soares