Christina Kellogg uses a peristaltic pump to circulate the water through a filtration device. The filter will collect all of the microbes in the water sample, which Chris will then further analyze when she’s back on land.
Filtering Water Samples
Image courtesy of DEEP SEARCH 2019 - BOEM, USGS, NOAA. Download larger version (jpg, 4.2 MB).

Christina Kellogg uses a peristaltic pump to circulate the water through a filtration device. The filter will collect all of the microbes in the water sample, which Chris will then further analyze when she’s back on land.

Learn more