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Figure 35. Brouardel surface sampler, improvement of previous instrument, wasdesigned by Jean Brouardel and Jean Vernet and constructed by Jean Comelli. This instrument was inspired by Bernard M. Jenkins' Surface Mud Sampler, created forthe limnological studies of Clifford H. Mortimer. It was used to sample bottomwater and sediment simultaneously. It was first tested off the EIDER in 1954. (Image credit: Oceanographic Museum of Monaco | Y. Berard)