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
Barton, M.B., Litvin, S.Y., Vollenweider, J.J., Heintz, R.A., Norcross, B.L., Boswell, K.M., (2019). Experimental determination of tissue turnover rates and trophic discrimination factors for stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes of Arctic Sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpioides): A common Arctic nearshore fish. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 511: 60-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2018.11.005
Béguelin, P., Bizimis, M., McIntosh, E.C., Cousens, B., Clague, D.A., (2019). Sources vs processes: Unraveling the compositional heterogeneity of rejuvenated-type Hawaiian magmas. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 514: 119-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.03.011
Carter, B.R., Williams, N.L., Evans, W., Fassbender, A.J., Barbero, L., Hauri, C., Feely, R.A., Sutton, A.J., (2019). Time-of-detection as a metric for prioritizing between climate observation quality, frequency, and duration. Geophysical Research Letters, 46: 3853-3861. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080773
Clague, D.A., Paduan, J.B., Caress, D.W., Moyer, C.L., Glazer, B.T., Yoerger, D.R., (2019). Structure of Lo‘ihi Seamount, Hawai'i and lava flow morphology from high-resolution mapping. Frontiers in Earth Science, 7: . https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00058
Georgieva, M.N., Paull, C. K., Little, C.T.S., McGann, M., Sahy, D., Condon, D., Lundsten, L., Pewsey, J., Caress, D.W., Vrijenhoek, R. C., (2019). Discovery of an extensive deep-sea fossil serpulid reef associated with a cold seep, Santa Monica Basin, California. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6: . https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00115
