The proposed plankton statue at Pope Marine Park is great. It is interesting, fantastic, remarkable.
It is a crab larva, called zoea, with a large dorsal spine. It’s the free flowing tiny …
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The proposed plankton statue at Pope Marine Park is great. It is interesting, fantastic, remarkable.
It is a crab larva, called zoea, with a large dorsal spine. It’s the free flowing tiny immature crab stage before it becomes larger and recognizable. Plankton underlie the Northwest’s marine environment and its crab and fish based economies. Look no further than Dungeness crab, salmon, orcas, Townsend Bay and Puget Sound to guage the pivotal role of plankton in the food and jobs webs.
Maybe the statue could be made less massive by integrating a pass-through, port hole, or glass window, to relate more to the larva’s transparency, and see nearby water.
Regardless, the more attention we can focus on such a crucial local and regional keystone as plankton, and the health of the marine ecosystem that it supports, the better.
Steven Yanoff
PORT TOWNSEND
