A Benthic Slice of Life

A multi-panel educational comic titled "A Benthic Slice of Life" about Meiofauna—tiny organisms that live between grains of sand in the ocean. The comic features colorful illustrations of various creatures, including Nematodes, Copepods, Tardigrades, Ostracods, and Rotifers. The panels explain how these microscopic animals use suction cup toes, hooks, and jointed legs to navigate their environment, highlighting their role in recycling carbon and indicating the effects of pollution
Label
A Benthic Slice of Life
Artist
Chenoah Dubree
Description
An educational and entertaining comic describing what meiofauna are and why they are important to study. I had originally made this comic to use for outreach; so far, it has been displayed at the FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory as well as the Instituto do Mar-UNIFESP in São Paulo, Brazil translated into Portuguese.
Type
Hand-drawn digital comic pages
Artist Affiliation
Graduate Student
Department
Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science
Area of Research
Meiobenthology
Research Group Site
Ingels Lab
Date
2022