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A System for the Quantitative Sampling of Shallow Water Benthos
Author(s) -
Kritzler H.,
Hiskey R. M.,
Thomas P. J.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
internationale revue der gesamten hydrobiologie und hydrographie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1522-2632
pISSN - 0020-9309
DOI - 10.1002/iroh.19740590504
Subject(s) - benthos , marine engineering , lift (data mining) , sampling (signal processing) , environmental science , oceanography , geology , petroleum engineering , hydrology (agriculture) , computer science , engineering , telecommunications , geotechnical engineering , benthic zone , data mining , detector
An air lift, operated by a diver‐boatman team and permitting rapid excision and automatic sieving of uniform portions of mud, sand, and fine to medium shell hash bottoms, is described. The apparatus can be deployed from a very small boat. It is inexpensive to make and to operate and has been used with great success at depths of not more than five meters.