23 min

EP 36 - Intro to Benthic Communities with Kirstin Meyer-Kaiser Below The Tide

    • Science

What really lives at the ocean floor? What lives in the sand, rocks and water at the very bottom? Welcome to this episode all about those organisms! We're chatting with Kirstin Meyer-Kaiser, a benthic ecologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. A benthic community is made up of animals who live at the bottom of the ocean. The bottom of the ocean may not be what you're thinking - it isn't necessarily the deepest depths. It could be right below the surface of the water, as long as there ...

What really lives at the ocean floor? What lives in the sand, rocks and water at the very bottom? Welcome to this episode all about those organisms! We're chatting with Kirstin Meyer-Kaiser, a benthic ecologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. A benthic community is made up of animals who live at the bottom of the ocean. The bottom of the ocean may not be what you're thinking - it isn't necessarily the deepest depths. It could be right below the surface of the water, as long as there ...

23 min

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