Posts Tagged ‘Coastal Endurance 16’
Friendly float
This float is part of the sediment trap deployment. Someone added a smiley face to let sealife know that we mean no harm.
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This is a McLane Mark VII 13 cup Sediment Trap, which is used to collect a time-series of material falling through the water column. The stack of three railroad wheels (on right) are the anchor.
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Two Teledyne/Benthos R12K Acoustic Releases are connected in tandem as they await deployment. The Acoustic Releases are deployed as part of the anchor assembly for the sediment trap mooring. The R12K releases can be deployed in up to 12,000 meters of water for up to four years on a standard battery pack.
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