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Platform for measurements on the seabed / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Benthic landers are autonomous observational platforms that sit on the seabed or benthic zone to record physical, chemical, or biological activity.[1]
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Benthic landers have deployment durations from a few days (for biological studies) to several years (for physical oceanography studies). In these studies they conduct a variety of underwater measurements, and thus different lander configurations exist to better meet differing levels of precision for different measurements.