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Read MoreSydney Harbour Ferry Monitoring System is temporarily offline. When operating it measures dissolved oxygen, temperature, conductivity, chlorophyll a, fDOM and turbidity between Manly and Circular Quay. Temperature is measured both within the FerryBox system (the sonde), and on the inside of the hull of the ferry. The project, initially funded by NSW Local Land Services,…
Read MoreThe Australian Antarctic Division is coordinating a field-based ocean acidification experiment in Antarctic waters near Casey Station, Windmill Islands, East Antarctica ( 66°17′ S 110°31′ E) this austral summer 2014-15. This antFOCE (antarctic Free Ocean Carbon Dioxide Enrichment) experiment will expose a range of benthic marine animals and algae to a constant supply of CO2-enriched…
Read MoreSatellite Workshop for the 10th International Temperate Reef Symposium Dr John Runcie (Aquation Pty Ltd) and Dr Jeff Cosgrove (Murdoch University) On Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st January 2014, Dr Runcie and Dr Cosgrove convened a two day workshop following the 10th ITRS at the University of Western Australia. The workshop provided a forum for…
Read MoreMazzuca et al. 2013, “Establishing research strategies, methodologies and technologies to link genomics and proteomics to seagrass productivity, community metabolism, and ecosystem carbon fluxes”. This paper describes work conducted during a seagrass workshop held in Corsica, France in 2011, as part of the COST Action “Seagrass productivity: from genes to ecosystem management”. Aquation fluorometers were…
Read MoreAquation has recently released a prototype version of its new Submersible Photosynthesis-Respiration System. This system measures the rate of production or consumption of oxygen in a submerged chamber, which provides a good proxy for photosynthesis and respiration rates. The System is only designed to operate two chambers, and is therefore easy to carry, setup and deploy. No…
Read MoreEstimating primary productivity of marine macroalgae in East Antarctica using in situ fluorometry Aquation Director Dr John Runcie and colleague Dr Martin Riddle from the Australian Antarctic Division on the 05Nov2012 published a paper “Runcie, J.W., Riddle, M.J. (2012) “Estimating primary productivity of marine macroalgae in East Antarctica using in situ fluorometry ”. European Journal…
Read MoreOn request from Dr Ritchie we have developed and trialled our new leaf absorptance meter, the “Blue-RAT”, where RAT stands for Reflectance, Absorptance and Transmittance. The Blue-RAT was specifically designed to monitor fluorescence of bacteriochlorophyll which absorbs mostly blue light. White-RAT and Red-RAT versions are also available. see https://aquation.com.au/products/blue-rat-absorptance-meter
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