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2009 projects

MBARI projects can be categorized into the following research themes.

• Benthic processes, midwater research, and upper ocean biogeochemistry are science-based projects.
• Ocean observatories, new in situ instruments, and ROV and AUV enhancements are technology-based projects.
• Marine policy, data management and information outreach ensure widespread access to MBARI research.
• Infrastructure support provides physical maintenance for MBARI assets.
• Potential institutional initiatives identify world-class oceanographic problems to be addressed with interdisciplinary teams and significant technological components.

The titles below are links to a brief summary of each 2009 project. For summaries of research projects from  previous years, see past projects. For details about accomplishments in past years, see the online versions of the MBARI Annual Report.

• Benthic processes
• Ocean chemistry of the greenhouse gases
• Benthic biology and ecology
• Submarine volcanism
• Continental margin processes
• Molecular ecology of marine and aquatic organisms
• Pelagic-benthic coupling
• Seafloor Imaging of Marine Protected Areas
• Gulf of California Expedition
• Midwater research
• Midwater ecology
• Zooplankton biodiversity and bio-optics in the deep sea
• Midwater time series
• Upper ocean biogeochemistry
  • Ecology and dynamics of picoeukaryotes
  • Natural and human-induced change
  • Observing complexity in the coastal ocean
  • Autonomous ocean sampling networks (AOSN)
  • Probe chemistries for the Environmental Sample Processor
  • Effects of the pH shift in the upper ocean
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Upper Ocean Research
• Ocean observatories
  • Monterey Ocean Observing System (MOOS) mooring science experiment
  • MOOS mooring technology transfer to the Black Sea
  • Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS)
  • SENSORS
  • Wave energy extraction for vertical profiling
  • Data handling for Eye-in-the-Sea
  • Mooring maintenance
• New in situ instruments
  • Chemical sensor program
  • Nitrogen sensor applications
  • Sensors: Underwater Research of the Future (SURF)
  • Biofuel cell
  • Benthic rover
  • Sensor miniaturization
  • Research engineering sensor program
  • Acoustic array for tracking sediment transport
  • Lagrangian sediment trap
  • High resolution shallow seismic refraction tomography
• Marine Policy
• Policy implications and economic impacts from changes in ocean systems
• Vehicle enhancements and upgrades
  • Precision control technologies
  • Autonomous decision making
  • Autonomous underwater vehicle for benthic imaging
  • Long range autonomous underwater vehicle
• Data management and information outreach
  • One stop shopping for MBARI upper water column data
  • Applying the automated visual event detection (AVED) system to still images from Station M
  • Core Conductivity Temperature Depth (CTD) data
  • Core navigation data
  • Core mooring data
  • Outline annotation of dive video
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium and MBARI projects
  • Education and Research: Testing Hypotheses (EARTH)
  • MultiBeam software system
  • Seafloor mapping data support
  • Marine metadata
• Infrastructure support
  • Feasibility of a digital video archives
  • Marine Operations divisional support
• Institutional initiatives
  • Knowledge of the ocean in a high CO2 world
  • Respirometer for acid ocean studies
  • Free Ocean Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (FOCE) experiment
  • Controlled, agile and novel observing network (CANON) to observe and predict coastal ecosystem responses to anthropogenic influence
  • Feasibility study for an MBARI biodiversity initiative