Instruments under the Ocean

Biological Nansen Bottle- Racks on side for reversing thermometers that record temperature of water when rotated 180 degrees (thus, when bottle rotates, temperature at that depth is recorded)

Chemical test kit- helps test the waters in the ocean to figure out what chemicals are present.


JZ Bacterialogical Bottle-Water is sampled in a sterile container for bacterial examination



Wash Bucket- use to discover and examine organisms caught


Transects- transects are done by recording all organisms touching the line, strip transects are done by recording all organisms within a certain distance of the line, and spot transects are done by recording all organims found at certain points along the line.