A sediment trap is prepared for deployment from the research vessel Oceanus during a cruise in the Gulf of Maine. The instrument collects sinking particles on a pre-programmed schedule and is used to measure the flux or export of carbon and other important geochemical and biological components through the ocean, useful in climate change studies.
(Photo by Patrick Rowe, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
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