Gugs Mhlungu chats with resident CSI and nature conservationist Tim Neary and Dr Ashrenee Govender, ecologist at Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI), part of SAAMBR (South African Association for Marine Biological Research), about how scientists use genetic material from water and plankton samples to understand ocean ecosystems.

They explain what zooplankton are and the important role they play.

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