SCUBA divers as oceanographic samplers: The potential of dive computers to augment aquatic temperature monitoring

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wright, Serena ^a   Hull, Tom ^a   Sivyer, David B ^a   Pearce, David ^a   Pinnegar, John K ^a,b   Sayer, Martin D J ^c   Mogg, Andrew O M ^c   Azzopardi, Elaine ^c   Gontarek, Steve ^c   Hyder, Kieran ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84979608947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep30164     Document Type: Article

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