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Ocean Ecology

Water Quality Monitoring

A variety of water quality measurements and field analyses may be carried out:

  • temperature, salinity, and conductivity using a CTD
  • O2 using a YSI oxygen probe
YSI O2 meter
YSI oxygen probe.
  • pH using an Orion field pH meter
Orion pH meter
Orion field pH meter.
  • turbidity using a Secchi disk
Secchi disk
Secchi disk.
  • a variety of Hach chemical analyses using techniques designed for either a Hach digital titrator (see link below) or a Hach DR/2000 spectrophotometer (see link below)
digital titrator
Digital titrator.
spectrophotometer
Hach spectrophotometer.

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