image: This shows a sea cucumber of the genus Kolga approaching a large algae spot at the seafloor. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Feb. 15, 2013, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Antje Boetius at Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany, and colleagues was titled, “Export of Algal Biomass from the Melting Arctic Sea Ice.” view more
Credit: [Image courtesy of Antje Boetius, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research]