Understanding the Building Blocks of the Marine Ecosystem

Remember the kids’ underwater mask from the 1960s that had the plastic ball in the snorkel? “I had one of those masks and I stuck my face underwater and saw a bunch of neat things and that’s where it started. I wanted to be a marine biologist or oceanographer ever since I was five years old,” says Dr. Pierre Pepin. “The ocean was always something that was interesting to me. It was a little bit mysterious because you don’t see what’s beneath the surface,” says Pepin. �...