Use of in Situ Photography in Studies of the Deep-Sea Benthos at I.O.S. (Institute of Ocenaographic Sciences, Wormley, England)

摘要

Photography has been a part of benthic biology studies at IOS since 1975. It has been used in several modes and as an adjunct to a number of other techniques. A substantial body of valuable data has been obtained about the abundance, distribution and behaviour of deep sea species, about seasonal changes of the sea floor and about the rates of some fundamental biological processes. Most of the data could not have been obtained using any other technique and we expect photography to continue to form an important part of the IOS programme both independently and in conjunction with other systems. (Atomindex citation 16:035330)