LSTS has collaborated with MBARI on several occasions, including the 2013 CANON initiative (http://lsts.fe.up.pt/blog/lsts-and-mbari-colaboration and http://lsts.fe.up.pt/blog/lsts-and-mbari-field-deployments-monterey-bay-california-october-2013 ), providing AUV´s, UAV´s and exchanging experiences in command and control of autonomous vehicles.

This spring MBARI is set out to take CANON another step further, deploying LRAUV´s (long-range autonomous underwater vehicles), one of which is equipped with third-generation Environmental Sample Processor (3G ESP) to collect environmental DNA. Hopefully this will help provide a better pictures of the environmental shifts in the Monterey Bay.

LSTS is proudly among the contributing research partners.

To learn more about this CANON  edition, please visit: http://www.mbari.org/a-glimpse-into-the-future-of-marine-research/ and http://www.mbari.org/science/upper-ocean-systems/canon/