Lake sediment cores aren’t as easy to photograph as one might expect. They often have a thin surface layer of water, which reflects any nearby […]
Category: Science – Fieldwork
The Bathy-Kayak
Two things you can be sure of when doing research involving lakes: Many lakes are difficult to access, with no boat ramps, no nearby car […]
A 3D printed, DIY, lake sediment trap
A sediment trap for lake research is an interesting thing to design. In some cases a trap can be incredibly simple, essentially being a tube […]
A diatom sampler for people who don’t want to get wet.
One of my colleagues is studying diatoms in lakes in Antarctica. However, normally sampling diatoms involves getting wet, which is not terribly fun in Antarctic […]
Monitoring marks that can take a hit.
Today, I’m going to talk about some surveying stuff. One of the challenges in surveying (and science too) is establishing long term marks for spatial […]
A database for field sampling
The Field Sampling Database is a tool I put together because I dislike fieldbooks (possibly because my handwriting is awful 😀 ). In some cases, custom […]