Performed trace - metal clean
seawater sampling at sea (total of 8 days at sea on the RV Atlantic Explorer).
Additionally, a unique aspect of these AUVs is an integrated Environmental Sample Processor (ESP), a miniature robotic laboratory that collects and preserves
seawater samples at sea, allowing researchers to capture a snapshot of the organisms» genetic material and proteins.
Not exact matches
A flow meter measured
seawater volume, which was pumped through external ports
at predetermined times, and multiple 200um - mesh filters retained the plankton from separate
samples.
A flow meter measured
seawater volume, which was pumped through external ports
at predetermined times, and multiple mesh filters retained the plankton from separate
samples.
For the first time, scientists from the University of Hawai'i
at Mānoa (UH Mānoa) and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) will deploy a small fleet of long - range autonomous underwater vehicles (LRAUVs) that have the ability to collect and archive
seawater samples automatically.
By employing a technique they developed that involves collecting methane from roughly ten thousand gallons of
seawater per
sample, they made a surprising discovery: ancient - sourced methane is indeed being released into the ocean; but very little survives to be emitted to the atmosphere, even
at surprisingly shallow depths.
Thomsen and his colleagues
sampled seawater at various depths off the southwest coast of Greenland.
At first, the
seawater was
sampled using a bucket, hauling it onto the ship's deck and measuring the water temperature with a thermometer.
Although only a small fraction of this vast volcanic terrain has been visually surveyed or
sampled, the available evidence suggests that explosive eruptions are rare on mid-ocean ridges, particularly
at depths below the critical point for
seawater (3,000 m) 1.