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Description: Light microscopy photographs of copepod faecal pellets collected from marine snow catchers (a–c) and sediment traps (d–f). The different morphological classes are illustrated: (a, d) round, (b, e) cylindrical, and (c, f) ovoid. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.
Author: Anna Belcher, Clara Manno, Peter Ward, Stephanie A. Henson, Richard Sanders, and Geraint A. Tarling
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