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Tempo-Mini
Tempo-mini, designed and developed by our French collaborators IFREMER, is a multi-instrument platform for studying deep-sea hydrothermal ecosystems. The oxygen sensor helps scientists detect hypoxia (low-levels of oxygen) and the iron sensor provides a series of high-frequency data to analyze iron and sulphide concentrations in hydrothermal areas. Tempo-mini is powered by an electrical unit and oil-filled junction box, and is even equipped with an anti-biofouling system to deter marine life from residing on the sensors and camera lens.
Tempo-mini's HD video camera is focused on a hot vent benthic community, providing a live view of interactions among tubeworms, scale worms, limpets, sea spiders, snails, vent fish, bacterial growths and other organisms in this unique hydrothermal vent ecosystem.
Instruments on this platform
Four scientific instruments are attached to this platform
Instrument List
Instruments positioned nearby
The following instruments and sensors are positioned on the hot vent near Tempo-mini:
- Aanderaa Oxygen Optode
- Temperature probe array
Location
Connected to Endeavour Ridge node on 29 Sep 2011 from the R/V Thompson.
- Depth: 2186.0m
- Lat: 47°56.9574'N
- Lon: -129°05.8998'W
Overview map showing platforms and instruments at Main Endeavour Vent Field. (Click to enlarge.)
Photos
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Tempo-mini during final configuration work at MTC, 6 September 2011.  Close-up of Tempo-mini Chemini Fe sensor.  Overheadview of Tempo-Mini site with RAS, 29 Sep 2011 |
 IFREMER engineer Julien Legrand with Tempo-Mini.  Tempo-mini from behind  Tempo-Mini with light arms extended. |
 Tempo-Mini RAS and BARS.  Tempo-mini with lights on beneath RAS  Typical animals seen at hot vents in Tempo-Mini view. |
Installed Platforms
Barkley Canyon/Slope
Barkley Benthic Pod 2Barkley Benthic Pod 3
Barkley Benthic Pod 4
Barkley Canyon Axis (Pod 1)
Barkley Hydrates
Barkley Upper Slope
POGO Vertical Profiler System
Wally I
Endeavour
Main Endeavour Vent FieldNE Regional Circulation Mooring
NW Regional Circulation Mooring
North RCM Platform
Tempo-Mini
Folger Passage
Folger DeepFolger Pinnacle
ODP 889
ODP 889 Instrument PlatformODP 889 Seismometer Auxiliary Platform
ODP 1027
ODP 1027 Instrument PlatformODP 1027 Seismometer Auxiliary Platform
Recovered
Not currently installed.
Wally II
