Explore A Seashore
March 2012 - Insights into Parasites of the Sound
The Parasites of the Mississippi Sound program combined activities in the field and in the lab. First, participants helped collect fish and invertebrate specimens aboard the GCRL research vessel Hermes. Then the program moved into the lab where parasites were isolated and examined and documented. One younger participant described it as "icky fun."
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