Scientists measure oxygen consumption in coral sands

Diver checking on "tripod" of eddy correlation instruments at their monitoring site 

 Dr. Markus Huettel, from Florida State University, returned to KML in August 2013 with his colleague, Dr. Peter Berg from the University of Virginia and a team of divers to once again carefully deploy an array of equipment on the ocean floor. They are investigating the role of light, currents and dissolved organic matter on oxygen consumption of coral sands and carbonate mud. (permit: FKNMS-2012-137)

Despite several days of rough seas, the team returned to their site each day over a 10-day period to download data and re-deploy equipment.