Benthic lander

Two benthic landers are prepared for a deployment during the Five Deeps Expedition.
A benthic lander uses the eddy correlation technique to measure oxygen flux in a benthic environment.

A benthic lander is an autonomous observational platform that sits on the seabed or benthic zone to record physical, chemical or biological activity.[1]

Benthic landers have deployment durations from a few days (for biological studies) to several years (for physical oceanography studies). In these studies they conduct a variety of underwater measurements, and thus different lander configurations exist to meet differing needs for different measurements.

  1. ^ Freiwald, André (2005-05-20). Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-3-540-24136-2.