Saildrone: Adaptively Sampling the Marine Environment

Computing Optimal Stratified Random Sampling in Marine Environment

INTRODUCTION The study of the distribution of any variable in marine environment generally begins by a sampling experiment. Usually, the collection of samples follows a procedure, often fixed in advance, that takes into account the general distribution of the water masses for a given region. However, much attention may be devoted to the actual structure of the water column present below the shi...

An Alternative Method to Niskin Sampling for More Accurate Metatranscriptomic Analysis of the Marine Environment

The development of low-cost, open-source Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) systems has provided almost unrestricted access for researchers looking to monitor the marine environment in ever greater resolution. Sampling microbial communities from the marine environment, however, still usually relies on Niskin-bottle sampling (ROV or CTD based), a method which introduces an inaccuracy and variabilit...

Nitrogen in the Marine Environment

Plastics in the Marine Environment

“If all the plastic had been made with oxo-biodegradable technology there would be no ocean plastic garbage patches. ” In the 2012 study published in the Marine Pollution Bulletin “Occurrence of micro-plastics in gastrointestinal tracts of pelagic and demersal fish from the English Channel” it was shown that the majority of plastic particles consumed by the fish were rayon (57.8%) and polyester...

Microplastics in the marine environment.

This review discusses the mechanisms of generation and potential impacts of microplastics in the ocean environment. Weathering degradation of plastics on the beaches results in their surface embrittlement and microcracking, yielding microparticles that are carried into water by wind or wave action. Unlike inorganic fines present in sea water, microplastics concentrate persistent organic polluta...