Chris Kellogg and Sandra Brooke remove coral quivers from the swing arm of ROV Jason. Coral quivers are designed to hold individual samples of coral and can even be prepared to do specialized microbial sampling, as Chris has been doing on this cruise.
Retrieving Coral Samples
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Chris Kellogg and Sandra Brooke remove coral quivers from the swing arm of ROV Jason. Coral quivers are designed to hold individual samples of coral and can even be prepared to do specialized microbial sampling, as Chris has been doing on this cruise.

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