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
Stenvers, V.I., Sherlock, R.E., Reisenbichler, K.R., Robison, B.H. , (2022). ROV observations reveal infection dynamics of gill parasites in midwater cephalopods. Scientific Reports, 12: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11844-y
Damian-Serrano, A., Hetherington, E.D., Choy, C.A., Haddock, S.H.D., Lapides, A., Dunn, C.W., (2022). Characterizing the secret diets of siphonophores (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) using DNA metabarcoding. PLOS ONE, 17: e0267761. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267761
Brewer, P.G., Peltzer, E.T., Lage, K., (2022). Life at low Reynolds number Re-visited: The efficiency of microbial propulsion. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 185: 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103790
Smith, K.B., Leary, P., Deal, T. , Joseph, J., Ryan, J., Miller, C., Dawe, C., Cray, B., (2022). Acoustic vector sensor analysis of the Monterey Bay region soundscape and the impact of COVID-19. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 151: 2507-2520. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0010162
Zhang, Y., Godin, M.A., Kieft, B., Raanan, B.-Y., Ryan, J.P., Hobson, B.W., (2022). Finding and tracking a phytoplankton patch by a long-range autonomous underwater vehicle. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 47: 322-330. https://doi.org/10.1109/JOE.2021.3122195
