Sediment Traps

Video: DEEP MOORED FLUX STATION in eastern Mediterranean Sea

A team from Israel has deployed a McLane WTS-LV Dual Filter pump and Sediment traps on the Deep Moored Flux station in the Eastern Mediterranean. View below or click here for the YouTube link. The Large Volume Water Transfer System (WTS-LV) is a large volume single-event sampler that collects suspended and dissolved particulate samples in
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Five post-deployment best practices for your instrument

Proper post-deployment equipment maintenance extends the life of your instrument and prepares it for your next cruise. Post-deployment care varies by instrument so refer to the instrument user manual, which can be accessed in our Library.  Some universal best practices include the following: Run the data offload option, confirm that the data was recorded, and
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Sediment Traps in Fukushima Study

The American Chemical Society's Journal, Environmental Science and Technology has published results of a three-year time-series study that used McLane Sediment Traps. The time-series samplers collected sediment buried in the seafloor off of coastal Japan following the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. Ken Buesseler of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), led the study which along with other WHOI scientists included Makio Honda and Hajime Kawakami
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International Guests Train at McLane

Customers from Germany, China and Norway recently completed instrument training at McLane facilities with our 15m test tank. Profiler and sampler training included mechanical, electronic and deployment programming components, and recovery/data offload procedures. If you own a McLane profiler or sampler or are thinking of purchasing from our product line, hands-on product
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April 2015 Newsletter

In the April 2015 Newsletter learn about our live demonstration of an Imaging FlowCtyobot (IFCB) at Ocean Business '15, Sediment Traps in an Iron Fertilization Study, Microbial Populations Studied with the ESP, WTS-LV Training, and Preparing Glass for Summer Deployments. Subscribe to our newsletter in electronic format. We publish our electronic newsletter only a few
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June 10-14 Planktonic Workshop

Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR) members are developing a study on modern planktonic foraminifera research over the last decades.The committee began the project in September 2011 and an upcoming June 10-14 meeting in Amsterdam will bring together experts to further discuss current techniques. The McLane Sediment Trap  is one of these well-known methods. A statement documenting benefits and limitations of these collection methods is
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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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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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McLane Samplers in NEPTUNE

McLane is excited to be part of the North-East Pacific Time-Series Undersea Networked Experiments (NEPTUNE) observatory. NEPTUNE Canada, a partnership of 12 Universities, is the world’s first multi-node regional cabled seafloor observatory. Five subsea nodes with several hundred instruments including McLane Samplers will be deployed by NEPTUNE Canada this year. Dalhousie University, a NEPTUNE consortium member, will
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