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Larvae in Hydrothermal Vents

Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Biology Department have been using a variety of McLane samplers to research larval dispersal and supply in hydrothermal vents. Much is revealed about the benthic population and community dynamics in this analysis. Sediment traps and Large Volume Pumps deployed in challenging locations near vents in the East Pacific
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Massachusetts Marine Educators

30 April 2011: McLane hosted a group from the Massachusetts Marine Educators (MME) at our facilities. MME is a grass roots organization of teachers, informal educators, students, and institutions.  The group promotes the awareness of the ocean world by integrating marine studies into existing curricula. MME convened its 35th annual meeting and conference at Woods
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Delegation from Ireland and Northern Ireland visits McLane

8 April 2011: McLane was honored by a visit from a delegation from Ireland and Northern Ireland. The group visited Washington DC and Boston on a study trip entitled Marine Renewable Energy: Regulation, Financing, Research and Development. This delegation of fourteen men and women comprised of marine energy entrepreneurs, government officials, policymakers, academics, and energy
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McLane at IPY Conference in Montreal (22-27 April)

Romor Ocean Solutions, McLane’s representative in Canada, will be attending the International Polar Year (IPY) 2012 Conference in Montreal Canada (22-27 April). Romor will attend the conference and provide information on McLane profilers, samplers, and flotation — many of which have been successfully deployed in the polar regions. Stop by booth 202 to learn more about some of
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Gulf Cleanup Dispersants Examined

As crude oil prices spike, the Obama administration has approved the first Gulf of Mexico deep-water drilling permit since last April’s Deepwater Horizon explosion. As reported in our Fall Newsletter, McLane Sediment Traps are among the instruments now helping scientists examine the long-term effects of the Gulf cleanup.  Among current projects, a new deep water plume
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WHOI Oceanus Highlights ESP Project

The WHOI magazine Oceanus recently featured a story about how Dr. Don Anderson’s lab is using the new ESP sampler built by McLane to revolutionize the detection and study of harmful algal blooms. During a spring 2011 ESP deployment in the Gulf of Maine, the ESP will continuously monitor the water and detect blooms as
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Buoy Surfaces After 10 Years

Amazingly, in April 2011 a WHOI mooring with a McLane steel buoy that was deployed in 2001 suddenly surfaced in the Southern Ocean west of the Antarctic Peninsula. Originally part of a six mooring deployment, the sixth ‘ghost mooring’ failed to respond to the acoustic anchor release and was presumed lost in 2002. Somehow in 2011 the
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NIWA Probes Antarctic with ITP

The National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA) is using the ITP to probe ice sheet and ocean conditions in the Antarctic. Scientists are logging a year round data set (the first of its kind) to study ice shelf interaction in McMurdo Sound, a bay off Antarctica that forms the western extension of the
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ESP featured in Ocean Gazing Podcast

The ocean science and technology podcast ‘Ocean Gazing’ recently released an episode on the ESP. In the podcast, Dr. James Birch of MBARI and McLane’s own Cheri Everlove explain how the ESP works at the cable ocean observatory Monterey Accelerated Research System (MARS).  The ESP’s significance in HAB (Harmful Algal Bloom) research and water quality
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UK Guests Visit McLane

McLane sales representative Kelso Riddell, Ocean Instruments, recently accompanied a client to our facility in Falmouth to test a new custom instrument that uses a McLane pump. The trip to McLane was a success for our visitors and the instrument will be deployed later this year.
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