A System for the Quantitative Sampling of Shallow Water Benthos

✍ Scribed by H. Kritzler; R. M. Hiskey; P. J. Thomas

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1974
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 485 KB
• Volume: 59
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1434-2944
• DOI: 10.1002/iroh.19740590504

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

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.