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Let’s dive into the Lake Huron Sinkholes A NSF funded, NOAA (TBNMS, GLERL) & NOF supported study
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Can you find the groundwater on the picture? Groundwater
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El Cajon Bay
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Mats are large groups of microbes, or microscopic organisms
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Purple mat Grass Individual microbes Individual blades of grass
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Middle Island WOW! That’s the size of a football field!
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Hey, cool! I can see what the ROV is seeing on this computer! R.O.V. Remotely Operated Vehicle
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ROV Footage
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Diver Video of Middle Island
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WOW!
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M-ROVER Footage
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Picture of a sinkhole Microbes at a sinkhole
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Dr. Bopi Biddanda
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Dr. Biddanda with a sample from a sinkhole Scientists studying the sinkholes
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Energy Photosynthesis Energy Chemosynthesis
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Plants use photosynthesis to make energy!
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NO SUN NEEDED!
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Photosynthesis Chemosynthesis
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More Footage from our Adventure
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A NSF funded, NOAA (TBNMS, GLERL) & NOF supported study Presentation assembled and narrated by Amanda Callaghan, 2008 Institutional Support: GVSU, UW- Stout, NOAA, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, and the Noble Odyssey Foundation Underwater Diver Photography: Russ Green, Luke Clyburn, and Tane Casserley Underwater ROV videos: Steve Ruberg and Guy Meadows Aerial Photography: Scott Kendall and Bopi Biddanda Research: Bopi Biddanda, Scott Kendall, and T. Garry Sanders
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