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Oceanographic equipment customized to reach the benthic boundary layer

By Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Image of oceanographic equipment platform deployed off the coast of Martha's Vineyard
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Steaming to the deployment site south of Martha's Vineyard, MA in 2011. The platform shown was specially adapted so the arm cycles up and down through the Benthic Boubdary Layer while deployed on the seafloor.  For more information see https://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2011/11/fieldwork2.html.

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