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Coastal Biota Inventories
Our research vessel Aphrodite is equipped for
shallow water sampling with trawls, dredges, grabs. and
plankton nets. . |
It is also used as a
platform for SCUBA diving, and deployment of Seamor, a shallow water ROV. Aphrodite
accommodates up to 12 passengers, has a
cruising speed of 25 knots and a range of about
70 nautical miles. It is trailerable
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KML has basic facilities for mapping the shoreline
and sampling biota (survey equipment, GPS, quadrat
frames, etc.) Most survey sites are reached by the
shallow draft, aluminum hulled Aphrodite. But
trucks, float planes and helicopters are also employed.
KML has logged over 8,000 sites along most of the coastline of
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