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
Feely, Richard A., Okazaki, Remy R., Cai, Wei-Jun, Bednaršek, Nina, Alin, Simone R., Byrne, Robert H., Fassbender, Andrea, (2018). The combined effects of acidification and hypoxia on pH and aragonite saturation in the coastal waters of the California current ecosystem and the northern Gulf of Mexico. Continental Shelf Research, 152: 50-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2017.11.002
Thomas, K. N., Robison, B. H., Johnsen, S., (2017). Two eyes for two purposes: in situ evidence for asymmetric vision in the cockeyed squids Histioteuthis heteropsis and Stigmatoteuthis dofleini. Philosophical Transactions B, 372: 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0069
Webb, Thomas J., Barry, James P., McClain, Craig R., (2017). Abundance-occupancy relationships in deep sea wood fall communities. Ecography : . http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.02618
Symons, W. O., Sumner, E. J., Paull, C. K., Cartigny, M. J. B., Xu, J. P., Maier, K. L., Lorenson, T. D., Talling, P. J., (2017). A new model for turbidity current behavior based on integration of flow monitoring and precision coring in a submarine canyon. Geology, 45: 367-370. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G38764.1
Tagliabue, A., Bowie, A. R., Boyd, P. W., Buck, K. N., Johnson, K. S., Saito, M. A., (2017). The integral role of iron in ocean biogeochemistry. Nature, 543: 51-59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature21058
