Matt Lyman, an environmental analyst at the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP), prepares to deploy a bongo net over the side to collect zooplankton samples aboard the research vessel John Dempsey. Samples of zooplankton, microscopic animals, are collected year-round at six sites throughout Long Island Sound. Photo courtesy of CT DEEP.
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