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Ocean Networks Canada is a University of Victoria initiative that operates the NEPTUNE and VENUS cabled ocean observatories in the northeast Pacific Ocean and the Salish Sea. Additionally, Ocean Networks Canada operates a smaller community-based observatory offshore from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.〔Juniper and McLean, 2014〕 These observatories collect data on physical, chemical, biological, and geological aspects of the ocean over long time periods. As with other ocean observatories such as ESONET, Ocean Observatories Initiative, MACHO and DONET, scientific instruments connected to Ocean Networks Canada are operated remotely and provide continuous streams of freely available data to researchers and the public.〔Puilliat et al, 2012〕 Over 200 gigabytes of data are collected every day.〔Dewey et al, 2013〕 The VENUS Observatory is situated at three main sites in the Salish Sea, including Saanich Inlet (depth 100 m), the eastern and central Strait of Georgia (depths 170–300 m), and the Fraser River delta. The NEPTUNE observatory is situated off the west coast of Vancouver Island in Barkley Sound, along the Cascadia subduction zone, on the Cascadia Basin abyssal plain, and on the Endeavour segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge.〔Barnes et al, 2011〕 Altogether, the system includes 3 observatories, 5 shore stations, 850+ km of seafloor backbone cables, 11 instrumented sites, 32 instrument platforms, 6 mobile instrument platforms, 400+ instruments and over 2000 scientific sensors deployed.〔Heesemann et al, 2013〕 Scientific topics of study that are enabled by data from these observatories include Arctic oceanography,〔Juniper and McLean, 2014〕 deep-sea biodiversity,〔Matabos et al, 2013〕 marine ecosystem function,〔Wang and Pawlowicz, 22014〕 marine forensics,〔Anderson 2010〕 gas hydrates,〔Riedel and Willoughby, 2010〕 hydrothermal vents,〔Bemis et al, 2012〕 marine mammals,〔André et al, 2011〕 sediment〔Katz et al, 2012〕 and benthic〔Robert et al, 2012〕 dynamics and tsunami〔Fine et al, 2013〕 studies. == Study Sites == Ocean Networks Canada instrumentations are installed in the following seafloor locations: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ocean Networks Canada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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