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Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Maritime Heritage Characterization and Monitoring Cruise

In September 2009, NURC-UConn partnered with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary for a two-day remotely operated vehicle (ROV) cruise aboard the R/V Connecticut. The collaborative project sought to characterize and monitor the sanctuary's maritime heritage resources...returning to the steamship Portland and documenting four other historic shipwrecks.
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Jonah crab Other Stories: In late March, NURC deployed it's new science class ROV, Kraken2, to explore habitats of eastern Long Island Sound. The expedition provided an opportunity to acquire HD video of undersea habitats, creatures and dynamic processes of LIS.
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The K2 ROV being recovered during sea trials Despite frigid winds over 30 miles per hour, the National Undersea Research Center at the University of Connecticut successfully conducted sea trials of the Kraken2 (or K2) its new “science class” ROV in Long Island Sound.See the full story...
Shaded relief map of Stratford Shoal region In June, the NURC-NA&GL and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection worked with the U.S. EPA that provided its Ocean Survey Vessel to support a benthic habitat characterization of the Stratford Shoals area. See the full story...
TRE participants review bathymetric map in preparation for launching SeaBOSSIn August, 2007 school teachers worked with NURC, NMFS, UConn and USGS scientists aboard the Loosanoff deploying the USGS's "Sea Boss" to collect video and still images of the ocean floor and collect sediments for grain size analysis. See the full story...



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Benthic Habitat Characterization of Stratford Shoals Teacher Research Experience in Long Island Sound