June 7, 2018 | Kristen Cole - UConn Communications

Jar Of Plankton

In 1948, a member of the Freshwater Biological Association examines a jar of water from Lake Windermere, Cumbria, teeming with plankton, tiny aquatic organisms which form the main diet of such small fish as perch. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Getty Images)

In 1948, a member of the Freshwater Biological Association examines a jar of water from Lake Windermere, Cumbria, teeming with plankton, tiny aquatic organisms which form the main diet of such small fish as perch. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Getty Images)

In 1948, a member of the Freshwater Biological Association examines a jar of water from Lake Windermere, Cumbria, teeming with plankton, tiny aquatic organisms which form the main diet of such small fish as perch. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Getty Images)