SIUC - Zoology - Frank M. Wilhelm

RESEARCH FACILITIES
Frank M. Wilhelm

Equipment used on a regular basis:

Benthos:

Variety of grab samplers (Ekman, Ponar), Kajak-Brinkhurst corer, bottom closing nets, Hess sampler, Surber sampler, D-nets

Zooplankton:

Variety of vertical haul Wisconsin-style plankton nets, closing plankton nets, Clarke-Bumpus sampler, 12L Schindler-Patalas trap, Juday trap

Water Samples:

Van Dorn water sampler, Kemmer water bottles, 2 hp gasoline powered water pump

Meters:

Standard Secchi disks, Li-Cor spherical underwater light meter, YSI Model 33 S-C-T meter, YSI 54 oxygen meter, YSI 55 oxygen meter, YSI 85 oxygen-conductivity-temperature meter, conductivity meter, turbidity meter, various pH meters

Boat:

1 16' Jon boat with trailer, 10 hp 4 stroke, and trolling motor

Other:

Drying ovens, muffle furnace, spectrophotometer, Mettler Toledo UMX2 ultra micro-balance, 15 cft chest freezer, 1 sliding door fridge, 1 regular fridge, waders, elbow length gloves, HOBO temperature loggers

Microscopes:

1 Leica MZ 9.5
2 Leica S4Es
1 Wild M40 inverted scope

Computers:

Dell desktop and laptop computers

Other Facilities at SIUC:

SIUC Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center
Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory
Macintosh Computer Lab
PC Computer Lab
Morris Library

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