The pace of today is much slower then yesterday. We are all doing our own thing as we increase our depth of understanding and start to digest the information we have received from day 1 and 2. Before lunch Howard had teachers make a concept map out of the words we came up with on day 1. This was interrupted by Matry’s Last lecture, which many of us where sad about. We learned about phytoplankton and zooplankton and he challenged us with the “Paradox of the Plankton.” This left many of use with a lot to ponder and a possible direction for research questions. After Lunch group 3 was “on Station” working transect 3 which has made them better know as the Pelagic group. The rest of use have kept ourselves busy decorating our flags, journaling, identifying plankton and counting diporia. The after noon was also highligted by the deployment of the Triax, collect multiple water quality information in a horizontal direction rather then the vertical. We continue to witness life on see as the Marine Tech run into problems with the equipment.