Instrument: Sediment Trap

Instrument Short Name: Sediment Trap
(http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/33/)
Instrument Description:

Sediment traps are specially designed containers deployed in the water column for periods of time to collect particles from the water column falling toward the sea floor. In general a sediment trap has a jar at the bottom to collect the sample and a broad funnel-shaped opening at the top with baffles to keep out very large objects and help prevent the funnel from clogging. This designation is used when the specific type of sediment trap was not specified by the contributing investigator.

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Dataset-specific description

The SCIFF mooring consisted of a single 1.54m2 conical sediment trap located at 3200m water depth (total water depth 4200m). The 1.54m2 trap had only a single collection cup under the trap funnel, and the mooring was recovered every two months to change the sample.