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04-11-2008 ©SEAfoundation 1

“Cold water corals Reefs”

An expedition story

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The Marine Environment


What it is all About

About ecology

About economics

About Marine Environment

About hydrography


What is Hydrography

Hydrograhy Ocanography Limnology


The Marine Environment ?


All came together

Ro/Ro Vinca Gorthon Built 1987 Sunk 1988 Pipeline Unocal


COAST GUARD MV WAKER

Watchdog on the North Sea

Environmental survey


Dutch Delta


Oil on the Beach

• Economic problem • Dutch Delta • Green hearth • triangle • Antwerpen • Rotterdam • Ruhr Area


Economic Disaster

>20 % income from Tourism

Mainly Mom and Dad business


Offshore Survey

• ROTV • ROV • Project Management • Consultancy


SEA foundation

The sustainable exploration

Education and Research of the

Sea


Sustainable Exploration of the SEA


SEA Education


SEA Research

ZEELANDIS ROV System


The Expedition

Invited by : Oceanium NIOZ


Deep-water coral reefs

occur in the upper bathyal zone

throughout the world


Looks likes this


Lophelia Pertusa


ROV project scope

1) Getting close-up video footage for public awareness and outreach.

2) Testing of capabilities of a low cost, micro-ROV system in conjunction with the operational possibilities of RV Pelagia and her hoisting systems.

3) If possible: sampling of species underwater with the ROV manipulator.


The expedition People


The Expedition RV Pelagia


The Expedition Gear


More Gear


Project Area


EM 300 Multi Beam


CTD Profile


SVP Probe


Mission Control


Search


Box corer sampling


Box Corer sampling


ROV garage


Station Keeping


Station keeping


Direct Inspection


First Results 1


First Results 2


First Results 3


We are aware of just 10% of what is down there on our own

sea floor.

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