Mini remotely operated vehicle
The MiniROV is used to conduct shallow water transects and make in situ observations. The vehicle is electrically powered, so it is much quieter than a normal-sized ROV.
Team
Deep particle image velocimetry
Here you see the laser sheet illuminating cross sections (from anterior to posterior end) of a larvacean (Bathochordaeus) house.
Publications
Benoit-Bird, K.J., Waluk, C.M., (2020). Exploring the promise of broadband fisheries echosounders for species discrimination with quantitative assessment of data processing effects. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 147: 411-427. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0000594
Bessho-Uehara, M., Yamamoto, N., Shigenobu, S., Mori, H., Kuwata, K., Oba, Y., (2020). Kleptoprotein bioluminescence: Parapriacanthus fish obtain luciferase from ostracod prey. Science Advances, 6: 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax4942
Danovaro, R., Fanelli, E., Aguzzi, J., Billett, D. , Carugati, L., Corinaldesi, C., Dell'Anno, A., Gjerde, K., Jamieson, A.J., Kark, S., McClain, C. , Levin, L., Levin, N., Ramirez-Llodra, E., Ruhl, H., Smith, C.R., Snelgrove, P.V.R., Thomsen, L., Van Dover, C.L., Yasuhara, M., (2020). Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 4: 181-192. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-1091-z
Gallo, N.D., Beckwith, M., Wei, C.-L., Levin, L.A., Kuhnz, L., Barry, J.P., (2020). Dissolved oxygen and temperature best predict deep-sea fish community structure in the Gulf of California with climate change implications. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 637: 159-180. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13240
Heerema, C.J., Talling, P.J., Cartigny, M.J., Paull, C, K., Bailey, L., Simmons, S.M., Parsons, D.R., Clare, M.A., Gwiazda, R., Lundsten, E., Anderson, K., Maier, K. L., Xu, J.P., Sumner, E.J., Rosenberger, K.J., Gales, J., McGann, M., Carter, L., Pope, E., (2020). What determines the downstream evolution of turbidity currents?. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 532: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.116023
