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• Research
Past
• History of Marine Animal Populations (HMAP)
Present
• Shore Areas (Natural Geography in Shore Areas - NaGISA)
• Exploited Gulf Ecosystems (Gulf of Maine Area Program - GoMA)
• Abyssal Plains (Census of the Diversity of Abyssal Marine Life - CeDAMar)
• Mid-oceanic Ridges (Mid-Atlantic Ridge Ecosystems - MAR-ECO)
• Vents & Seeps (Biogeography of Deep-Water Chemosynthetic Ecosystems Project - ChEss)
• Coastal Migrant Species (Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Project - POST)
• Top Predators & Large Pelagic Animals (Tagging of Pacific Pelagics - TOPP)
• Arctic Ocean Diversity (Arctic Ocean Diversity - ArcOD)
• Seamounts (Census of Marine Life on Seamounts - CenSeam)
• Antarctic Ocean Diversity (Census of Antarctic Marine Life - CAML)
• Zooplankton (Census of Marine Zooplankton - CMarZ)
• Coral Reefs (Census of Coral Reefs - CReefs)
Future
• Future of Marine Animal Populations (FMAP)
Census Data
• Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
• International Census of Marine Microbes (ICoMM)
  
  
• Technology
A. Transportation to the Study Area
• Research Vessels (R/Vs)
• Manned Submersibles
• Remotely-Operated Vehicles (ROVs)
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)
• Deep-Towed Vehicles
• Airplanes & Helicopters
B. Collecting Organisms
• Sampling Nets
• Trawls
• Plankton Nets
• Epibenthic Sledges
• Cod-end Aquarium
• Benthic Grabs
• Sediment Corers
• Hand Collection
• Submersible Collection
• Niskin Bottles
• Traps
C. Observing and Counting
• Acoustic Technology
• Side-Scan SONAR
• Standard & Multi-Frequency Echo Sounders
• Bottom-Penetrating Sounders
• Towed Arrays
• Optical Technology
• Video Plankton Recorders (VPRs)
• Optical Plankton Counters (OPCs) & Laser OPCs
• Time-Lapse Cameras
• Sediment Profile Imaging (SPI)
• Underwater Video Profiler
• Autonomous Lander Vehicles
• Quadrat Sampling- Passive
• Satellite Remote Sensing
• Flow Cytometer
• Microscope
• High Definition Video
D. Measuring Physical Properties
• Conductivity Temperature Depth measures (CTDs)
• Acoustic Technology
• Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCPs)
• Side-Scan SONAR
• Standard & Multi-Frequency Echo Sounders
• Bottom-Penetrating Sounders
• Towed Arrays
• Satellite Remote Sensing
E. Studying Movement
• Tagging
• Acoustic Tags
• Archival Tags
• Geolocating Archival Tags
• Pop-Up Satellite Archival Tags (PSATs)
• Smart Position and Temperature (SPOT) Tags
• Acoustic Technology
• Side-Scan SONAR
• Standard & Multi-Frequency Echo Sounders
• Sampling Nets
• Satellite Remote Sensing
F. Identifying
• Traditional Identification Methods
• Molecular Techniques
G. Cataloging and Analyzing Data
• Mapping
• Long-Term Modeling
• Online Databases
  
  
• Photo Gallery