ROV-video still images of Isolated Sinkhole conspicuous benthic white and dark mats and a 1-2 m thick nepheloid-like plume layer prevailing just over the lake floor.ROV-video still images of Isolated Sinkhole conspicuous benthic white and dark mats and a 1-2 m thick nepheloid-like plume layer prevailing just over the lake floor.

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Isolated Sinkhole: ROV-video still images of conspicuous benthic white and dark mats (composition unknown.) Image courtesy of University of Michigan’s MROVER.

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Isolated Sinkhole: 1-2 m thick nepheloid-like plume layer (potential microbial hotspot) prevailing just over the lake floor in September 2003. Image courtesy of University of Michigan’s MROVER.

 

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