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Ocean Exploration Education Fact Sheets
Why Do We Explore the Deep Ocean?
Why Do We Explore the Deep Ocean?
(pdf, 722 KB)
Bioluminescence
Bioluminescence
(pdf, 827 KB)
en español
(pdf, 345 KB)
em português
(pdf, 829 KB)
Three Mysterious Light Effects
(pdf, 774 KB)
en español
(pdf, 343 KB)
Light and Color in the Deep Sea
(pdf, 1.42 MB)
en español
(pdf, 343 KB)
Cold Seeps
Cold Seeps
(pdf, 2.37 MB)
en español
(pdf, 329 KB)
Cold Seep Communities
(pdf, 2.45 MB)
en español
(pdf, 294 KB)
Chemosynthesis
(pdf, 2.03 MB)
en español
(pdf, 1.38 MB)
Deep-Sea Corals
Deep-Sea Corals: What Are They?
(pdf, 2.08 MB)
en español
(pdf, 367 KB)
Deep-Sea Corals: Rainforests of the Deep
(pdf, 2.32 MB)
en español
(pdf, 489 KB)
Deep-Sea Corals and Sponges: Foundation Species
(pdf, 3.57 MB)
en español
(pdf, 372 KB)
Deep-Sea Sampling
Environmental DNA (eDNA)
(pdf, 378 KB)
Deep-Sea Sampling
(pdf, 2.18 MB)
Life Cycle of a Deep-Sea Sample
(pdf, 1.22 MB)
Maritime Heritage
Maritime Heritage/Maritime Archaeology
(pdf, 1.85 MB)
Tools to Study Maritime Heritage
(pdf, 2.54 MB)
How We Explore Maritime Heritage Sites
(pdf, 720 KB)
The Ecology of Maritime Heritage/Maritime Archaeological Sites
(pdf, 1.39 MB)
Seafloor Mapping
Bathymetric Maps
(pdf, 1.54 MB)
Sonar: Seeing with Sound
(pdf, 577 KB)
Multibeam Sonar
(pdf, 1.01 MB)
Seamounts
What is a Seamount?
(pdf, 3.10 MB)
en español
(pdf, 824 KB)
How Do Seamounts Form?
(pdf, 1.14 MB)
en español
(pdf, 333 KB)
Seamounts: Oases of Life
(pdf, 2.90 MB)
en español
(pdf, 458 KB)
Underwater Robots
Remotely Operated Vehicles
(pdf, 741 KB)
en español
(pdf, 382 KB)
em português
(pdf, 2.1 MB)
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
(pdf, 382 KB)
en español
(pdf, 286 KB)
em português
(pdf, 572 KB)
Vents and Volcanoes
Hydrothermal Vents
(pdf, 893 KB)
en español
(pdf, 468 KB)
em português
(pdf, 1.79 MB)
Chemosynthesis
(pdf, 2.72 MB)
en español
(pdf, 400 KB)
em português
(pdf, 216 KB)
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