Monitoring river health using a robotic water sampler
Sept 21, 2020 – Researchers from MBARI and the USGS recently published a paper showing how MBARI’s environmental sample processors can be used to monitor the health of rivers.
Sept 21, 2020 – Researchers from MBARI and the USGS recently published a paper showing how MBARI’s environmental sample processors can be used to monitor the health of rivers.
July 30, 2020 – MBARI’s Summer 2020 CANON experiment shows how robots can collect samples and data at sea even during the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 31, 2020 – Researchers are using an Environmental Sample Processor to detect endangered Bryde’s whales in the Gulf of Mexico.
October 2, 2019 – MBARI Senior Research Technician Roman Marin III passed away unexpectedly last month.
August 26, 2019 – Researchers from MBARI and NOAA are using underwater robots and a robotic laboratory to study potentially toxic algal blooms in Lake Erie.
August 14, 2019 – Study confirms that autonomously collected samples of eDNA are equivalent to samples collected using traditional, manual methods.
July 30, 2019 – A new paper reveals how oceanographers can utilize robots to learn more about oceanic eddies and their inhabitants.
July 18, 2019 – In a program that could revolutionize environmental monitoring and fisheries management, MBARI’s Environmental Sample Processor is collecting environmental DNA from a coastal creek just north of Monterey Bay.
August 27, 2018 – Researchers from MBARI and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration are testing a new underwater robot that will swim around Lake Erie monitoring algae and toxins in the water.
Mar 7, 2018 – This month scientists will deploy a small fleet of long-range autonomous underwater vehicles that have the ability to collect and archive seawater samples automatically.
Dec 7, 2017 – The first of the three MBARI autonomous vehicles designed to document microbial diversity in the ocean will be deployed off the Hawaiian coast on Friday.
Oct 2, 2017 – A recent field experiment in Yellowstone National Park saw MBARI researchers dodging hordes of tourists and herds of elk while searching for “brain-eating amoebae.”
Aug 3, 2017 – MBARI’s Environmental Sample Processors (ESPs), originally designed to study toxic algal blooms in the ocean, are now being used to protect municipal drinking-water supplies.
Jun 5, 2017 – In the spring of 2015, Monterey Bay experienced one of the most toxic algal blooms ever. A new paper shows that this bloom became particularly toxic because of an unusually low ratio of silicate to nitrate in Bay Waters.
Jun 1, 2015 – In May 2015, as part of a large-scale experiment, ocean researchers measured some of the highest concentrations of harmful algae and their toxin ever observed in Monterey Bay.
May 21, 2014 – It’s now late May and the spring 2014 ECOHAB field experiment is winding down. Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) are still conducting occasional surveys of the San Pedro Bay, but the rest of the instruments have been recovered.
Apr 9, 2014 – In late March 2014, like stealthy electronic sharks, two underwater gliders began cruising the ocean in and around San Pedro Bay, off Southern California. But instead of looking for a meal of fish or sea lions, these robotic vehicles were looking for signs of microscopic algae.
Aug 1, 2013 – Washington state is one of the nation’s most prolific areas for shellfish harvesting and aquaculture. Yet, as in many other areas, Washington’s shellfish may cause seafood poisoning when certain types of harmful algae or bacteria become abundant in local waters.