These fish otoliths, small white structures found in the heads of fish, were collected from the box-core samples. Otoliths are not only important tools for understanding the life cycles of fish and fish populations, they may also provide a record for scientists of past water mass characteristics. Image courtesy of Arctic Exploration 2002, Ian MacDonald, Texas A&M University, NOAA/OER.
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