Acknowledgements

We are especially grateful to the following institutions, companies, crews and individuals, for various supporting activities ranging from funding over conceptual and technical discussions to cooperations on hard- and software tools and major operational and technical support.

DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bonn, Germany

The Senate of the State of Bremen, Germany

MBARI Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Monterey, CA, USA
esp. Steve Etchemendy, Chris Grech, T.C. Dawe

Schilling Robitics, Davis, CA, USA,
esp. Tyler Schilling, Greg Engemann, Tim Ranstrom and the field support team

Louis Whithcomb, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

The masters and crews of RV Meteor, RV Sonne and RV Polarstern

NOC National Oceanographic Center, Southampton, GB,
esp. Pete Mason, Dave Edge

IFREMER Toulon, France,
esp. Vincent Rigaud, Jan Opderbecke

Andy Bowen, WHOI Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA

Insite Pacific Inc., San Diego, CA, USA,
esp. Tom Olkowski and Bob Galambos

Thomas Kumbier, KUM GmbH, Kiel, Germany