Revealing ocean-scale biochemical structure with a deep-diving vertical profiling autonomous vehicle
J. A. Breier, Michael V. Jakuba, Mak A. Saito, Gregory J. Dick, Sharon L. Grim, Eric W. Chan, Matthew R. McIlvin, Dawn M. Moran, Brianna A. Alanis, Andrew E. Allen, Christopher L. Dupont, Rod Johnson
Abstract
conducts high-resolution sensor surveys and sample return missions, including a mapping of 1144 kilometers of the Sargasso Sea to a depth of 1000 meters. We further show how the samples obtain filtered biomass from seawater that enable genomic and proteomic measurements not possible through in situ sensing. These results demonstrate a robotic oceanography approach for global-scale surveys of ocean biochemistry.
Topics & Concepts
Profiling (computer programming)ProteomicsScale (ratio)High resolutionOceanographyComputational biologyGeologyComputer scienceBiologyRemote sensingGeographyCartographyBiochemistryOperating systemGeneMarine and coastal ecosystemsMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyEnvironmental Monitoring and Data Management