Department Research Equipment

The Geography Department has a small collection of equipment used to collect field data from the physical environment. This equipment is made available to geography students conducting research in the field.

The following equiment is available on a checkout basis:

1 ISCO Water Sampler
1 Dissolved Oxygen Meter
2 Water Sample Kits
2 Mechanical Sediment Samplers (Jaw Type)
2 Increment Borers (Tree Core Samples)
1 Hand Refractometer
2 Screen Sieve Analysis Field Kits
3 Portable Soil Acidity and Moisture Meters
5 Mechanical Flow meters
2 Tree Calipers (Measures Tree Diameter)
Plant Boards
Bug Sample Jars
Goggles/Underwater Masks
Black & White Secchi Disks

Please see Dan Plumlee for access to the equipment. You may email him at dplum@berkeley.edu