Assessment of Ecosystem Function Following Marine Aggregate Dredging Cooper, K.M., Barrio Froján, C.R.S., Defew, E., Curtis, M., Fleddum, A., Brooks, L. and Paterson, D.M. 2008. Journal of Experimental Marine...

Partrac, based in Glasgow, Scotland, is a dynamic marine environmental consultancy, specialised in oceanography and marine geosciences. Founded in 2003 by a group of marine geologists and oceanographers, the company...

A pioneering deep-sea exploration robot, one of the first successful submersible vehicles that was both unmanned and untethered to surface ships, was lost at sea Friday 5th March on a...

Many universities are now adding ROVs to their marine science programs. These remote-controlled camera systems can assist in a multitude of operations including underwater archaeology, monitoring the health of benthic...

Partrac has recently directly measured seabed erosion and deposition rates at a deep water location on the UK continental shelf. This initiative comprises part of a partnership project led by...

Mapping benthic habitat in regions of gradational substrata: An automated approach utilising geophysical, geological, and biological relationships. Brown, C.J. and Collier, J.S. 2008. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science , 78:...

It is a tradition that during OI vessels are moored aside the exhibition hall - and give demonstrations. We give an update of the participating vessels, as know at this...

The University of Iceland, Institute of Biology have purchased a 500m rated Gavia AUV. The Institute of Biology will utilise their Gavia AUV primarily for scientific research into seafloor morphology,...

NOAA Ship Thomas Jefferson is underway on a mission to deploy a variety of US Navy ocean monitoring instruments in the vicinity of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The...

Nearly 100 years after the three-masted schooner Hattie Wells sank in Lake Michigan, USA, during heavy weather, it has been filmed by a ROV. A key element of the mission...