Sediment trap (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Sediment trap

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Benjamin Van Mooy (WHOI) deploys a sediment trap aboard R/V Neil Armstrong to collect sinking particles for lipid analysis. This study was a collaboration between WHOI, ETH-Zürich, and the University of Calgary.

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(Image credit: Helen Fredricks, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

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