1. In situ metabolic studies of deep-sea benthic animals and communities inthe central and eastern North Pacific, 2. Nitrogen and carbon cycling inthe deep ocean, 3. Development of camera and acoustic instruments formonitoring deep-sea animal behavior, 4. Acoustic monitoring ofabyssopelagic animals with active and passive sonar arrays, 5. Transport oforganic matter by vertically migrating midwater and abyssopelagic animals,6. Development of instrument for long-time series measurements of benthiccommunity activity, 7. Long-time series measurements of food supply to andfood consumption by deep-sea benthic communities, 8. In situ studies ofphysiological and ecological constraints on diel vertically migratinganimals, 9. Long time-series monitoring of epipelagic communities andinfluence of seasonal ice cover in Antarctic Ocean.

Sea and ocean
central and eastern North Pacific
Antarctic Ocean