{"id":1288,"date":"2026-02-06T18:05:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2026-02-06T18:24:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:24:55","slug":"tiny-life-is-a-big-elow-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/?p=1288","title":{"rendered":"Tiny Life is a Big-elow Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a0942aec8353&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a0942aec8353\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bigelow-laboratory-calanus-finmarchicus-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bigelow-laboratory-calanus-finmarchicus-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bigelow-laboratory-calanus-finmarchicus-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bigelow-laboratory-calanus-finmarchicus-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bigelow-laboratory-calanus-finmarchicus-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bigelow-laboratory-calanus-finmarchicus.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Two female&nbsp;<em>Calanus finmarchicus<\/em>. The one on the bottom has less fat because it was raised in warmer water.&nbsp;Photo: David Fields<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bigelow Laboratory researchers <strong>Nick Record<\/strong>, <strong>Rebekah Shunmugapandi<\/strong>, and <strong>Karen Stamieszkin<\/strong> were featured in an article today in <strong>The Maine Monitor<\/strong> about their zooplankton research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/themainemonitor.org\/what-can-we-learn-from-zooplankton\/\">Check Out the Story in The Maine Monitor<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For more about our work on these powerful creatures, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigelow.org\/news\/articles\/2025-12-26.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bigelow.org\/news\/articles\/2025-12-26.html\">read Charismatic Microfauna<\/a>, which appeared in the latest edition of Transect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bigelow Laboratory researchers Nick Record, Rebekah Shunmugapandi, and Karen Stamieszkin were featured in an article today in The Maine Monitor about their zooplankton research. For more about our work on these powerful creatures, read Charismatic Microfauna, which appeared in the latest edition of Transect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","css_class_manager_body_classes":"","css_class_manager_use_in_post_loop":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[27,64,65,60],"class_list":["post-1288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-coverage","tag-gulf-of-maine","tag-karen-stamieszkin","tag-nick-record","tag-zooplankton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1288"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1291,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288\/revisions\/1291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currents.bigelow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}