Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is extending its long-term continuous monitoring capabilities to support new marine protection efforts by deploying a sophisticated instrument package on Dellwood Seamount within the Canadian Offshore Pacific Area of Interest (Figure 1).
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Figure 1. Dellwood Seamount is located within the Offshore Pacific Area of Interest, announced in May 2017 as the first step to establishing a large marine protected area under Canada’s Oceans Act. This unique seafloor ecosystem includes 17 named seamounts—with perhaps as many as 40 in total—and a series of hydrothermal vents.
Seamounts are submerged underwater...
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