Israeli Researchers Monitor Eastern Mediterranean Water Quality

HERZLIYA, ISRAEL - MAY 11: EcoOcean's marine research vessel Mediterranean Explorer approaches the breakwater on its way to the eastern Mediterranean Sea to gather water samples at various depths between 5 and 250 meters some 12 nautical miles (22 kms) from shore, as it departs May 11, 2010 from the marina in Herzliya in central Israel. Staff and students from the Maritime College at Mikhmoret are monitoring the nutritional quality of the sea water as part of their ecological research in order to better understand how the smallest creatures living in the ocean interrelate with the properties of water over time. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)