Deep sea hydrothermal biocenosis low-light observation device

Abstract

The invention relates to a deep sea hydrothermal biocenosis low-light observation device. The deep sea hydrothermal biocenosis low-light observation device is composed of a multicolor adjustable lightsource, a light source power supply module, a light source remote control unit, an EMCCD camera, an sCMOS camera, a camera remote control unit, a camera power supply module, a thermocouple power supply module, a thermocouple remote control unit, a data memory and an armored thermocouple. The device is deployed near a deep sea hydrothermal solution port through a seabed observation network; a remote control unit of the seabed observation network is controlled to open the multicolor adjustable light source, the EMCCD camera, the sCMOS camera and the armored thermocouple in the device through aground base station; and information such as bioluminescence response shot by the camera and temperature information measured by the sheathed thermocouple are stored in the data memory and are transmitted to a ground base station in time. Power supply is carried out through the seabed observation network, the situation that a line is too long due to ground power supply is avoided, observation is carried out near the deep sea hydrothermal solution port, accurate omnibearing observation information can be obtained, and the deep sea hydrothermal solution port observation device can be used as anobservation device of the deep sea hydrothermal solution port.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of seabed observation, in particular to a low-light observation device for biological communities in deep-sea hydrothermal vents, through which the luminescence response characteristics of biological communities near deep-sea hydrothermal vents can be observed and studied. Background technique [0002] Since the Alvin submersible discovered deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Gatopas Rift in the eastern Pacific Ocean in 1977, the biological communities near the deep-sea hydrothermal vents have attracted more and more attention from oceanographers and biologists. A large number of biological resources are enriched around the hydrothermal vents, including bacteria, archaea, mussels, blind shrimp, pipe jellyfish, tube worms, polychaete worms, etc. The study of deep-sea hydrothermal biomes not only contributes to the development of basic biology, but also helps to broaden the thinking of exploring the origin of life, and h...

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Problems solved by technology

However, there is currently a lack of a simple and effective observation device to observe and study the luminescence of biological communities near deep-sea hydrothermal vents.

The extremely weak light environment at deep-sea hydrothermal vents and the characteristics that organisms can only emit weak fluorescence have posed challenges for the observation of hydrothermal vent biological communities.

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