eDNA Ashore: Studying Ocean Biodiversity
At Ocean Exploration Trust, we’re proud to explore the deep-sea with our collaborators across the Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute. As we explore the unknown, we are helping to understand the biodiversity of the deep sea, and one of the best new technologies for investigating this is the study of environmental DNA (eDNA). Onboard E/V Nautilus, we use many different tools to collect water at various depths to search for these micro pieces of DNA left behind by residents of the deep. In this video, we follow samples ashore and visit colleagues at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to see what happens with eDNA after an expedition.
E Mamana Ou Gataifale I - American Samoa
Over the last three years, the Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute has been advancing the integration of multiple exploration technologies aboard E/V Nautilus, and this year, we bring these new capacities to American Samoa.
E Mamana Ou Gataifale II - American Samoa
American Samoa is the southernmost U.S. territory, centered in the South Pacific, 2,300 miles southwest of Hawaiʻi, and 1,500 miles northeast of New Zealand. It is home to the cradle of Polynesia’s oldest culture.
