Stone Laboratory

Summary:

Ohio Sea Grant research focuses on critical issues facing Lake Erie, from harmful algal blooms and invasive species to climate change and economic development. Collaborations with a wide range of partners ensure that research is relevant and applicable to current problems and concerns, and a summer research program for undergraduate science majors ensures that the next generation of Lake Erie scientists is well prepared for anything the future may throw at them.

Affiliations:

• College of Food, Ag & Environmental Sciences
• Office of Research

Resources:

Instruments

• Flow CAM ( Instrument )
  
• Flow-through aquaria with lake water ( Aquatic housing system )
  
• Fluorometer, 96-well plate reader, spectophotometer ( Spectrophotometer )
  
• FluoroProbe ( Instrument )
  
• Freezer space of -20C and -80C ( Freezer )
  
• light and temp controlled incubation chamber ( Incubator )
  
• light and temp controlled incubation chamber ( Incubator )
  
• M/V BioLab Research Vessel ( Watercraft )
  
• Micropippetors ( Micropipette )
  
• R/V Erie Monitor Almar Research Vessel ( Watercraft )
  
• R/V Gibraltar III Research Vessel ( Watercraft )
  
• Telemetry gear ( Instrument )
  
• Two Remotely Operated Vehicles ( Robot )
  
• Underwater camera ( Digital camera )
  
• Variety of nets and benthic sampling equipment ( Instrument )
  
• Wire tagger ( Instrument )
  
• YSI EXO-2 Water-quality sondes ( Instrument )
  

Web Links:

• https://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/