National Geographic reports on Lasley-Rasher’s copepod, toxic algae research

National Geographic reported on a recent study conducted by Rachel Lasley-Rasher, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Maine’s  Darling Marine Center. She found a common species of plankton in the northern Atlantic Ocean, Temora longicornis, becomes intoxicated when it consumes the toxic algae, Alexandrium fundyense. Plankton under the influence swim faster and on a read more National Geographic reports on Lasley-Rasher’s copepod, toxic algae research