Instrumentation pool

SEFAP aims to improve the provision of sensors, samplers and analytical instruments for aquatic experimentalists and increase sharing and more efficient use of equipment through the use of a shared instrumentation pool for a range of equipment.

Sensors that can be loaned for experiments to user groups to improve the ability to measure replicates simultaneously. Instruments will consist of sensor and data logger (sonde) arrays for automated measurement of basic parameters (temperature, pH, conductivity, and dissolved oxygen), supplemented with fewer more specialized sensors (Chlorophyll-a/ BGA, fDOM, and turbidity).

The TENTACLE system is a mobile structure developed at Wageningen University for warming replicated aquatic experiments.

Autonomous submersible eDNA samplers (LEI) for remote and undisturbed collection of benthic or pelagic samples.

Portable greenhouse gas analyzer for the measurement of greenhouse and trace gases. 

Thermal extraction and desorption (TED-GC-MS) and liquid chromatography- mass spectrometry-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) systems for the analysis of microplastics and of complex compound mixtures such as cyanotoxins, pharmaceuticals and other emerging pollutants.

How to access

The SEFAP facilities will be open to external users.