Behold The Ocean

No 07

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'Para comprender los cambios medioambientales en Seno Ballena a gran escala, es necesario volver al laboratorio y analizar toda la comunidad de fitoplancton, que es el área en la que trabajo principalmente, y comprender las variaciones de estos organismos a pequeña escala. Te das cuenta de que a medida que estos organismos pasan por un periodo cíclico en el tiempo, también interactúan con otros organismos, y su representación en el sistema afecta al resto de la cadena biológica.'

'In order to understand the environmental changes in Seno Ballena on a large scale, it is necessary to go back to the laboratory and analyze the entire phytoplankton community, which is the area I work mainly in, and understand their variations on a small scale. You realize that as these organisms undergo a cyclic period in time, they also interact with other organisms, and their representation in the system affects the rest of the biological chain.'

Marco Antonius Pinto, marine biologist from Southern Chile, filters water samples for chlorophyll activity in preparation for lab work after midnight on the Marypaz II during an oceanographic expedition along the Strait of Magallanes during the global pandemic in December 2020.