Figure 51. A Birge-Ekman bottom sampling device. This sampler was described byby the American limnologist Edward Birge in 1921 and used in lacustrine studies. Top: open. Bottom: closed. This instrument was very similar to the Ekmanbottom sampler
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Photographer: Y. Berard
Credit: Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
Subject: Oceanography
Subject: Historical instruments