Researchers direct the manipulator arms of remotely operated vehicle Hercules to collect a suction sample of a sea urchin at one of the methane seep sites visited during the Gradients of Blue Economic Seep Resources expedition.
Sampling a Sea Urchin
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Researchers direct the manipulator arms of remotely operated vehicle Hercules to collect a suction sample of a sea urchin at one of the methane seep sites visited during the Gradients of Blue Economic Seep Resources expedition.

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