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Figure 16. Monti net tube devised by Madame Rina Monti of the University ofSassari in Sardinia. Top: the assembled unit. Middle: the internal net.Bottom: series of diaphrams used in the unit. This net and tube system weremeant to improve shortcomings found in various other surface plankton samplingsystems and was first tested off the coast of Sardinia in 1911. (Image credit: Oceanographic Museum of Monaco | D. Mille)