Name : Vanessa Cardin (researcher)
Cruise : SESAME IT 6
Date : 2 October 2008

This photo was taken on the research vessel by the scientists, during the emergency exercises performed at the beginning of every oceanographic cruise.

Name : Nikos
Cruise : sesame1 - GR1 & GR2
Date : 18th March 2008

The oceanographic expeditions SESAME GR1 (21th to 31th March) and SESAME GR2 (31th March to 5th April) will take place in the Ioanian, the Cretan passage and the Aegean Seas.
Here is the map of these two missions :

Name : School of Empoli (Italy)
Cruise : SESAME IT4
Date : 31th March 2008

Yes, they do! Zooplankton live in all water environments, from deep oceans to high mountain lakes, including the rivers. These small animals live in all seas and oceans on the Earth. They are more abundant in the upper 200 m and are very few in deep waters.
In a cubic meter of sea water from the open Mediterranean, in the upper 50 m, from hundreds to thousands zooplankters occur, whereas below 4000 m only a few individuals live (less than 5!).
Zooplankton are more abundant in the upper layers because they fund more abundant food there, which is mostly represented by phytoplankton and protozoan ciliates.

Dr. Maria Grazie Mazzocchi, SZN Italy