Lab
PPE that should be worn while using the S::CAN, washing dirty dishes and putting away clean dishes, taking eDNA samples, and running Aqualog to protect the integrity of our data.
What are gloves?
The document that should be consulted while performing every task in the field.
What is the field bible (field protocol)?
The date, sampler names, and completion of data upload are recorded on this after returning from the field.
What is the whiteboard?
A portable, multi-parameter sensor that should be calibrated before every field excursion and treated VERY GENTLY (not thrown around).
What is a YSI?
An invasive reed common in the wetlands of Utah, growing up to 15 feet tall.
What is phragmites?
eDNA bottles and filter towers are cleaned in this machine and then bagged as soon as they are cooled to prevent contamination.
What is the autoclave?
The vehicle that should be filled up with gas every time it is taken out of the parking garage.
What is the Beast?
Our main program for data analysis with an adjustable sass setting.
What is Data Tiger?
A table-top spectrometer that measures DOM of a sample by shining a light through a cuvette.
What is the aqualog?
The amount of money Ben was sued for.
What is $3 million?
The procedure for when turbidity reads NAN on S::CAN.
What is dilution?
A document that should be consulted before leaving for the field and updated upon returning.
What is Station Status?
After adding YSI and light HOBO data to what you dowloaded in the field, make sure that all files get uploaded into this folder on box.
What is Daily Field Results?
This sensor sits outside of a tube, just above the stream bed, and is enclosed in a PVC capsule.
What is a smart rock?
The subject of a song written by Ben that features rollerskating, hand-holding, and Dennis Rodman.
Who is Kim Jong Un?
The number of freezers in the lab.
What is 12?
The size (in mL) of bottles that should be filtered during synoptic.
What are 30 mL and 60 mL?
The correct naming format for files.
What is SiteYYMMDD?
ex. DFL221013
The name of the app used to download light HOBO files.
What is HOBO Connect?
The type of animal that Heidi brought back from synoptic as a potential lab pet.
What is a fish?
Also acceptable: what is a tadpole?
What are ~470 and ~5.1?
The distance and direction from the YSI that salt should be discharged.
What is 20 stream widths upstream?
The units that light data should be uploaded in.
What are lumens and Fahrenheit?
Number of days since the TOC went down.
What is 631?
What are pH, SPC, temp, DO%, DOmg/L, ORP?