Sea stars, Rockfish, shrimp and barnacles covering the Oregon Shelf Benthic Experiment Package (BEP). This is a very productive site that is only 80m deep, so it gets biofouled very quickly. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, J2-1621, V24.
Sea stars, Rockfish, shrimp and barnacles covering the Oregon Shelf Benthic Experiment Package (BEP). This is a very productive site that is only 80m deep, so it gets biofouled very quickly. Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/WHOI, J2-1621, V24.