Two University of North Carolina-Wilmington Benthic Landers that were deployed in 2012.
Benthic Landers
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Two University of North Carolina-Wilmington Benthic Landers that were deployed in 2012. These platforms are deployed from the ship and recovered by remotely releasing the weight that secures them to the seafloor. The four Landers and two moorings were equipped with instruments to measure environmental variables and rate of sediment deposition as well as containing several types of experiments.

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