Ocean Biogeochemistry Lab |
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| Incubators: For growing Antarctic phytoplankton at 2°Celcius under computer controlled varying light conditions. | ![]() |
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Fluorometer:
Turner Designs 10-AU Used for measuring chlorophyll concentrations and in vivo fluorescense of phytoplankton cultures. Instrument details, calibration info and (JGOFS) protocol here |
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| Chlorophyll Fluorometer: Walz WATER-PAM, used for measuring fluorescence parameters like Fv/Fm, NPQ, qN, qE, qI, ... | ![]() |
| Photosynthetron: Custom designed photosynthetron with temperature control and fiber-optic lighting for doing Photosynthesis-Irradiance (PE) curves | ![]() |
| Spectrophotometer: Perkin-Elmer Lambda 35, used for phytoplankton and detrital absorption spectra (AP, AD), measuring phosphate concentrations and more. | ![]() |
| Liquid Scintillation Counter: Wallac Winspectral 1414, for determining uptake of radiolabeled carbon by phytoplankton. | ![]() |
| Server: Sun Enterprise 3500 (ocean.stanford.edu), used for modelling, processing satellite images and much more... | ![]() |
Pictures of incubators, spec and LSC by Clay Hamilton
Last updated: October 29, 2008