Palmer Long-Term Ecological Research
in the Laboratory for Microbial Oceanography at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa

PAL-LTER: Bottom-moored Sediment Traps


LTER BOTTOM-MOORED TRAP METADATA (4/18/05)

						End
Experiment 			Start		(Event 22,
and location			(Event 1)	or as noted)	Comments

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LTER I-A			11/07/92	03/28/93	all 3 traps near Hugo Isl.;
(64 30.2'S/66 01.7'W)						deployed PD92-09/
LTER I-B			11/07/92	03/28/93	recovered NBP93-2;
(64 43.7'S/66 11.0'W)						triangle array;
LTER I-C			11/07/92	03/28/93	deploy/rec. all fine
(64 44.1'S/65 51.2'W)
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LTER II-A			04/15/93	01/14/94	A&C near each other;
(64 30.22'S/66 01.71'W)						loc. A on sep. moorings;
LTER II-B			04/15/93	01/14/94	B away but still at Hugo;
(64 43.75'S/66 11.0'S)						deployed NBP93-2/
LTER II-C			04/15/94	01/14/94	recovered PD94-1;
(64 30.22'S/66 01.71'W)						deploy smooth/recover all
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LTER III-A			01/28/94	12/07/94	A&B in same location near
(64 29.49'S/65 59.14'W)						Hugo; C in Crystal Sound;
LTER III-C			01/30/94	12/07/94	deployed PD94-1/recovered
(64 28.66'S/65 57.44'W)						PD94-12; trap C with bottles
								labeled B flooded did not
								work (Hugo); A & C were OK.
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LTER IV-A			12/18/94	01/05/96	A&C on same mooring at
(64 29.846'S/66 02.541'W)					Hugo; B = short term in
LTER IV-B			12/17/94	12/22/94	Paradise Bay; deployed
(64 50.533'S/62 53.823'W)					PD94-12; A/C recovered
LTER IV-C			12/18/94	01/05/96	PD95-12; B had 19 events
(64 29.846'S/66 02.541'W)
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LTER V-A			12/16/95	12/21/96	A on mooring near Hugo;
(64 30.32'S/66 04.75'W)						D in Palmer Basin;
LTER V-D			12/16/95	12/21/96	deployed PD95-12/
(64 50.11'S/64 08.36'W)						recover PD96-12;
								A had stopped at cup #9;
								D had 18 events
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LTER VI-A			12/27/96	01/08/98	Trap C only at Hugo Isl. site 
(64 30.20'S/66 03.36'W)						(cups "A")
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LTER VII			2/1/98		1/3/99		Trap only at Hugo Isl.
(64 29.296'S/66 02.476'W)					site. Deployed on maiden
								voyage of LMG,
								LMG98-1/recovered LMG99-1
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LTER VIII-Hugo (A)		1/24/99		1/3/00		Y2K-set clocks to 1979.
(64 29.261'S/66 02.972'W)					One trap at V. Hugo Isl.
								and a second at new site
								in Palmer area (Palmer E).

LTER VIII-Pal E			1/24/99		1/3/00		First deployment of upward
(64 48.758'S/64 15.045'W)					looking ice sonar at VH
								Isl. site. Deployed LMG
								99-1/
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LTER IX-Hugo (A)		12/8/99		1/12/01		First deployment of
(64 28.9'S/66 02.5'W)						Microcats at both sites

LTER IX-Pal E 			12/9/99		1/12/01
(64 48.8'S/64 15.3'W)
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LTER X-Hugo			1/15/01		1/07/02		Trap malfunction. NO DATA.
(64 28.907'S/66 02.595'W)
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LTER XI-Hugo			1/20/02		3/1/03		Last trap deployment!
(64 29.064'S/66 02.622'W)
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