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?? Four samplers deployed at proper intervals (about 200-300 m)<br />

along a line at each sampling site<br />

?? Composition: float, grab, ballasts<br />

?? Coverage: 0.25 m 2 each<br />

2.2.2. Free-fall grab sampler with camera<br />

?? Acquiring photographs <strong>of</strong> bottom surface where polymetallic<br />

nodules were sampled<br />

?? Lens angle in water: 46°<br />

2.2.3. Cable-photo grab sampler<br />

?? Providing <strong>information</strong> on polymetallic nodule population <strong>and</strong><br />

sediment properties<br />

?? Coverage: 0.9 m 2<br />

?? Dimensions: 96 by 67 by 70 centimetres<br />

?? Sampling depth: 30 cm<br />

2.2.4. Spade corer<br />

?? Acquiring sediment <strong>and</strong> polymetallic nodules distributed on the top<br />

<strong>of</strong> the sediment<br />

?? Holds a 0.1-m 2 stainless steel sample box <strong>and</strong> has a maximum<br />

effective penetration <strong>of</strong> 50 cm<br />

?? Units: special flow-through head design, automatic door closing<br />

device, pre-trip preventer bar with posi-action hook, stainless<br />

sample box with detachable h<strong>and</strong>les, box bottom plate<br />

?? Frame size: 165 x 195 x 220 cm<br />

?? Spade size: 20 x 30 x 60 cm<br />

2.2.5. Multiple corer<br />

?? Acquiring bottom-sediment samples<br />

?? Diameter: 9.5 cm<br />

?? Length: 60 cm<br />

?? 8 units<br />

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