A new mini box corer for sampling muddy bottoms in antarctic shallow waters

A new Mini Box Corer (MBC-GEAMB) was developed for bottom sampling in Antarctic shallow waters down to 100 m depth from a small vessel. It consists of a detachable stainless steel box with a total sampling area of 0.0625 m², and a closing arm with a detachable blade without an external frame. MBC al...

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Main Authors: Carlos Alejandro Echeverría, Helena Passeri Lavrado, Lúcia Campos, Paulo Cesar de Paiva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2009-06-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132009000300015