After a rather *difficult* day in the field yesterday involving sinking up to my thighs in muck, I decided to take a day off and catch up on some of the blog work.
As part of this, I went up to the Forest Service laboratories here at Hubbard Brook, to check out the lab work that some of the REU's are doing. I've put together the photos below, with captions on what they're doing.
Enjoy!
REU Student Maggie Zimmer Testing Ground Water pH
The pH probe
Soil Samples from REU Student Katie Harvey Drying
REU Student Cayce Salvino Pulverizing Leaves
The "Shatter Box", a device used to pulverize leave samples for chemical analysis
Before....
...and after.
REU Student Kaitlin Friedman preparing samples for ANC (Acid Neutralizing Capacity) measurement
The automated machine used to measure ANC
Just a flip of the switch!
Even though it's not field work, lab work can get pretty tiring. Right Garnet?