Aquaephemera

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Sardine eggs
Richard Kirby/BNPS

Over the last few weeks, I've received many interesting link ideas from readers. I've gotten behind on sharing them, so I'm going to try to catch up. Thanks to Laura for this gallery of beautiful plankton photos by Richard Kirby. Read more here.

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Ludia sarsii
Richard Kirby/BNPS

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