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Van Dorn Bottle
Van Dorn Bottle
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Used to collect water samples at any depth
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CTD (Sonde)
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determine the conductivity, temperature, and depth of the ocean
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Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)
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measure water current velocities over a depth range using the Doppler effect of sound waves scattered back from particles within the water column
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Sediment trap
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instruments used in oceanography to measure the quantity of sinking particulate organic (and inorganic) material in aquatic systems, usually oceans
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Gravity corer
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sample and study sediment layers at the bottom of lakes or oceans
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Epibenthic sled
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used to collect faunas at the deepest part of the seas
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