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Sarah prepping
Sarah Thornton prepares her nitrate analyzing instrument for its year beneath the waves.
nitrate analyzer
Sarah Thornton’s nitrate analyzer is joined to the mooring line. David Leech supervises the operation.
ADCP
This orange buoy will keep the mooring line taut and will also record the currents above the mooring using an upward-looking ADCP.
moorings
And it’s off to the depths, collecting data for a year.

photos © C. A. Linder, WHOI

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