What is a sediment trap?

Trap sediment is a type of large container that scientists have been using since the end of the 70s to collect small and large particles falling into the seabed. Trap acts as a type of water filter, collection and storage of various particles and elements for analysis scientists later. The sediment traps provide a lot of valuable information about the ocean and marine life that inhabit it. A passable trap that carries freely ocean water at different depths and is designed to capture the driving of sediment in the ocean stream. Information about sediments found in hovering pastes allow scientists to examine which nutrients and elements create good fishing areas because certain particles are promoted by stream.

The anchored sediment trap is chained to or near the floor of the ocean and gather a sediment that gives a greater understanding of how and in what amounts different elements and nutrients get into the life of plants and fish near DNA. Surface traps provide information about tOM, as nutrients and elements travel from the surface of the ocean to greater depths and allow comparison of the surface sediment with the floor sediment.

In the water, the sediment trap must remain in a vertical position to function properly. Sediment samples may and are at risk if the trap position is incorrect for a long time. Samples can also be endangered in cases where zooplankton, small living organisms found in ocean water, penetrates into the sediment filter and consumes samples, although it is more common in a trap located closer to the ocean bottom.

The length of the time during which the sediment trap remains submerged is different, but most often remains in the locality for almost a year. The sediment traps are equipped with lighthouses for recovery purposes and often have other technologies placed in the trap itself or on the trap itself to provide further information about changes in water conditions or the tilt angle of the trap. The sediment trap is constructedFrom titanium, which allows long -term use and immediate move after collecting samples.