Figure 9. Schematic diagram of CBOS Permanent Monitoring
Station, showing full sensor
suite and configuration of underwater sensor array. Surface buoy was
designed sufficiently large to remain on station for one year, to
allow onboard access to electronics, and to serve as platform of
opportunity for shorter term sensor experiments. Biofouling and
summer anoxia require week servicing of underwater sensors. For this
reason, a separate taut wire mooring is deployed adjacent to the
surface buoy, and data are communicated via acoustic telemetry.