Sampling and Analytical Methodology:
Animal samples were collected using a variety of baited traps. Sediment samples were collected using megacores on a free vehicle lander. Rock samples were collected using a van veen style grab on a free vehicle lander. Water samples were collected using a conventional CTD rosette.
Investigator abbreviations are given below. These pertain to the fate of specimens and subsamples of tissues.
INITIAL
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NAME
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INSTITUTION
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AJ
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ALAN JAMIESON
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UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN
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CY
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CRAIG YOUNG
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OREGON STATE
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DM
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DAN MAYOR
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UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN
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JD
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JEFF DRAZEN
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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
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MG
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MACKENZIE GERRINGER
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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
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PY
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PAUL YANCEY
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WHITMAN COLLEGE
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SP
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STUART PIERTNEY
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UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN
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TL
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THOMAS LINLEY
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UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN
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TS
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TIM SHANK
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WHOI
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AD
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AMANDA DEMOPOULOS
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USGS
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EG
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ELEANNA GRAMMOPOULOS
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UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN
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Instrument Key
CR CORE RESPIROMETER
CTD CTD
LA ABYSSAL LANDER
LH HADAL LANDER
RG ROCK GRAB
TR FISH TRAP
W WATER - SURFACE BUCKET
WT WEE TRAP
WT WEE TRAP
CORING RESPIROMETER – A free vehicle lander equipped with 4 megacore tubes that are pushed into the sediments by a drive motor after the vehicle lands on the seafloor. Each tube is equipped with an oxygen optode and water mixing pump to measure sediment community oxygen consumption in each core. Each core is trapped by a standard megacore core catching device and returned to the surface with the lander. The instrument also includes an oxygen sensor for the ambient bottom water.
CTD – Conventional CTD rosette was used to take water samples to 5000m depth at several stations.
ABYSSAL LANDER – A free vehicle lander equipped with a still image camera and baited to attract scavengers. Images were taken once every minute. It is rated to 6000m.
HADAL LANDER – A free vehicle lander equipped with a digital video camera and baited to attract scavengers. One minute of video was recorded every 2.5 or every 5 minutes. It is rated to 11000m.
FISH TRAP – A large mesh trap with two smaller PVC tube shaped amphipod traps inside that were baited to capture megafauna. It was deployed as a free vehicle lander.
WEE TRAP – Another baited trap but smaller in size than the fish trap.