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
Sepulveda, A.J., Birch, J.M., Barnhart, E.P., Merkes, C.M., Yamahara, K.M., Marin III, R., Kinsey, S.M., Wright, P.R., Schmid, C., (2020). Robotic environmental DNA bio-surveillance of freshwater health. Scientific Reports, 10: 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71304-3
Fagundes, M., Litvin, S.Y., Micheli, F., De Leo, G., Boch, C.A., Barry, J.P., Omidvar, S., Woodson, C.B., (2020). Downscaling global ocean climate models improves estimates of exposure regimes in coastal environments. Scientific Reports, 10: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71169-6
Le Saout, M., Bohnenstiehl, D.R., Paduan, J.B., Clague, D.A., (2020). Quantification of eruption dynamics on the north rift at Axial Seamount, Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GC009136
Haver, S.M., Rand, Z., Hatch, L.T., Lipski, D., Dziak, R.P., Gedamke, J., Haxel, J., Heppell, S.A., Jahncke, J., McKenna, M.F., Mellinger, D.K., Oestreich, W.K., Roche, L., Ryan, J., Van Parijs, S.M., (2020). Seasonal trends and primary contributors to the low-frequency soundscape of the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 148: 845-858. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0001726
Reji, L., Tolar, B.B., Chavez, F.P., Francis, C.A., (2020). Depth-differentiation and seasonality of planktonic microbial assemblages in the Monterey Bay upwelling system. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11: 1-14. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389%2Ffmicb.2020.01075
