Instrument: Deep-Sea Current Meter and Larval Trap Mooring

Acronym:
 SEEPC mooring
External Identifier:
» skos:broadMatch http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L06/current/48/
Description

The Deep-Sea Current Meter and Larval Trap Mooring is a seafloor anchored mooring equipped to collect sediment/invertebrate larva, and record deep-sea ocean current and acoustical data.

Instruments on the mooring have included sediment traps and a Falmouth Scientific Inc. Acoustic Current Meter with vector-averaged current speed and direction.