NOAA’s Aquarius Undersea Laboratory
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the aquarius underwater laboratory: america’s “inner space” station

The Aquarius Underwater Laboratory: America’s “Inner Space” Station

Published in the Marine Technology Society Journal, Winter 2000/2001: Volume 34(4): 69-74

Dr. Steven L. Miller and Craig Cooper
UNCW Center for Marine Science
National Undersea Research Center
515 Caribbean Drive
Key Largo, Florida 33037

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• Introduction
  • A short history of living in the sea
  • NOAA and UNCW’s Aquarius Program
• The Aquarius System
  • The Aquarius Habitat Module
  • The Aquarius Baseplate
  • The Life Support Buoy (LSB)
  • Mission Control
• Saturation Diving
  • The advantages of saturation diving for scientists
  • Cost Comparison of surface–based operations vs. Aquarius missions
• Aquarius Science Results
  • Coral Reef Assessment and Monitoring using saturation techniques
  • Water Quality and nutrient pollution
  • The mysteries of coral feeding biology — revealed
• Outreach from Undersea
• Diving into the future
• References

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