For this research, Utrecht master student Sophie ten Hietbrink worked for four weeks aboard the research vessel RV Pelagia. On a trip from the Azores to the continental shelf of Europe, she took water samples at 12 locations where she filtered out anything larger than one micrometer.
In the past weeks, staff members and students at UU and HU and other interested individuals entered Utrecht Science Park in order to chart as many plants, animals and fungi as possible.
