ROV Jason is equipped with a sample “basket” that can be fitted with specific sampling equipment provided by the science team. Here, the ROV pilot places a snip of Lophelia pertusa into a biobox, which is an insulated housing designed to keep the corals with the cold water they’re collected in for the duration of the ROV dive.
Sampling Coral
Image courtesy of Ivan Hurzeler and DEEP SEARCH 2019 - BOEM, USGS, NOAA, ROV Jason, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Download larger version (jpg, 4.7 MB).

ROV Jason is equipped with a sample “basket” that can be fitted with specific sampling equipment provided by the science team. Here, the ROV pilot places a snip of Lophelia pertusa into a biobox, which is an insulated housing designed to keep the corals with the cold water they’re collected in for the duration of the ROV dive.

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