These are the images and video for the storymap, Hidden World Just Below the Surface.
Composite image illustrating early life stages of larval fish from egg to pelagic juvenile with backdrop of ocean surfac...
Composite image showing examples of the remarkable diversity of larval and juvenile fish and invertebrates found living ...
Photo of set of surface slicks near Papa Bay, Hawai’i Island. Surface slicks are a dominant feature of the seascape in W...
Over-under image of small boat with researchers deploying plankton nets at the surface and clear deep blue water below. ...
Infographic illustrating the percentages of surface-dwelling larval fish, zooplankton, and floating debris concentrated ...
Photo of mahi-mahi larvae (dolphinfish; Coryphaena hippurus), total length less than ¼ inches. Photo: NOAA Fisheries/Jon...
Photo of mahi-mahi (dolphinfish; Coryphaena hippurus), adult bull, Kona Coast, West Hawai’i Island. Photo: © Blue Planet...
Photo of larval shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris, less than ¼ inch long) collected in surface slicks in W...
Adult shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris), Kona Coast, West Hawai’i. Photo: © Blue Planet Archive/Masa Ushi...
Larval giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis) less than 1 inch long collected in surface slicks in West Hawaii. Photo: NOAA F...
Adult giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis), or "ulua" in Hawaiian . Photo: Keoki Stender (MarineLifePhotography.com).
Larval bluefin trevally (Caranx melampygus) or 'ōmilu in Hawaiian (12 mm or less than ½ inch long). Photo: NOAA Fisherie...
Adult bluefin trevally (Caranx melampygus) or 'ōmilu in Hawaiian. Photo: Keoki Stender (MarineLifePhotography.com)
Porcupinefish (Diodon sp.) larvae (less than 4 mm or 1/8 inch across). Photo: NOAA Fisheries/Jonathan Whitney.
Porcupinefish (Diodon sp.) adult. Photo: Keoki Stender (MarineLifePhotography.com)
Larval humphead anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii) larvae (less than 5 mm or 3/16 inch across). Photo: NOAA Fisheries/Jo...
Adult humpback anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii). Photo: Museums Victoria/David Paul
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Pair of juvenile scribbled filefish (Aluterus scriptus). Photo: NOAA Fisheries/Jonathan Whitney.
Larval tropical two-wing flyingfish (Exocoetus volitans). Photo: NOAA Fisheries/Jonathan Whitney.
Larval crocodile needlefish (Tylosurus crocodilus). Photo: NOAA Fisheries/Jonathan Whitney.
Juvenile man-of-war fish (Nomeus gronovii), which live around the floating man-of-war siphonophore, were found only in s...
Larval dahi-mahi or dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) found in surface slicks in West Hawai‘i. Photo: NOAA Fisheries/Jon...
Images of fish (left) and invertebrates (right) found in surface slicks in West Hawai‘i. Photo: NOAA Fisheries/Jonathan ...
Leaf floating at the surface in West Hawai‘i. Photo: Graham Burdekin
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Image of floating plastic debris and organic debris at the surface in a slick off West Hawai‘i. Photo: NOAA Fisheries/J...
Images of larvae, juveniles and adults of three fish species hosted in surface slick nurseries in West Hawai‘i. (top) La...
Conceptual diagram illustrating key examples of the ecological connections enhanced by surface slicks. Larval and juveni...
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