Lab
Ecological Interactions Research Lab
The 1000 square foot dry lab dedicated to the Ecological Interactions Research contains the following state of the art equipment:
Nutrient Auto-Analyzer
- This instrument will measure ortho-phosphate, nitrate, nitrite, ammonia, and silica concentrations in seawater and porewater in ppm and ppb.
Coulter Counter
- The coulter counter is used to count the number of algal or phytoplankton in a known volume of liquid. It can also measure the cell diameters of the algal or phytoplankton cells and will give a printout of the population according to the size.
Molecular Equipment
- thermal cycler
- electrophoresis units and power supplies
- microcentrifuge
Basic Marine Laboratory Equipment:
UV-Spectrophometer
- The UV spectrophometer is used for many chemical colorimetric determinations and it comes equipped with 8 cuvette holder carousal.
Muffle Furnace
- The muffle furnace is used for organic and inorganic matter determination. The muffle furnace can go up to 1100C.
Sieve Shaker and Sieves
- Sieve shakers are used for grain sizing of marine sediments.
Refrigerated Centrifuge
Minus 83C freezer
Research grade stereoscopes and compound microscopes
Drying ovens
Microscope Room
Compound microscope with florescence imagery
Carl Zeiss steromicroscope
- Both scopes have digital imaging capabilities and computer attachment with ImagePro software
Field Equipment
Sonde 6600 with hand-held display
- This is a multi-parmeter instrument used for measuring temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidy, chlorophyll, and salinity in seawater
Benthic sampling equipment (Van Veen grab)
Acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP)
Underwater digital camera (ROV) with video capabilities
Sulphide and REDOX meters