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WTS-LV Deployed by ROV

A WTS-LV was deployed using the ROV Hercules in a recent Northern Gulf of Mexico deployment from the E/V Nautilus. The WTS-LV collected microbes from the water column at depths ranging from 400-600m, to help determine how natural hydrocarbon seepage impacts deep-water coral communities. The coral research is being conducted by the Ecosystem Impacts of
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International Guests Train at McLane

Customers from Germany, China and Norway recently completed instrument training at McLane facilities with our 15m test tank. Profiler and sampler training included mechanical, electronic and deployment programming components, and recovery/data offload procedures. If you own a McLane profiler or sampler or are thinking of purchasing from our product line, hands-on product
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New pressure relief valve option

McLane now offers a pressure relief valve (PRV) upgrade to retrofit to all sampler controller housings for $400.00 (including installation by McLane but excluding shipping and insurance costs). The controller end-cap and anodizing must be in suitable condition for PRV retrofits. The anodized aluminum controller housing contains alkaline battery packs (which are not manufactured by
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McLane Delivers Samplers to OOI RSN

(Falmouth, MA) – McLane delivered a Remote Access Sampler (RAS) and a Phytoplankton Sampler (PPS) for use in the Ocean Observatories Initiative, Regional Scale Node (OOI-RSN) cabled system. These samplers will be part of the VISIONS’13 expedition that departs Seattle, WA in July for the International District Hydrothermal Vent Field. Cabled capabilities in both instruments provide two
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Dr. Chip Brier at McLane

Many thanks to Dr. Chip Brier from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution who gave a talk at McLane on his work on mineral composition of hydrothermal plume particulates. Dr. Brier also spoke about his instrumentation and the challenges of sampling the particulates and water of from vent orifices using ROVs. His work with biologists on the interplay
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Adaptive Sampling Available on McLane Instruments

Changing schedules or triggering samples in mid-deployment is now possible with new adaptive sampling options available for McLane Profilers and Samplers. Adaptive profiling uses inductive telemetry and a surface package to communicate with profiler firmware during the deployment The user can then program a new schedule which is transferred to the profiler during the next inductive
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