Biological Sampling
Fishing and Dredging nets
Agassis Trawl
| Application |
Collecting benthic mega-fauna in the deep sea |
 |
|
| Specification |
Net opening: 3 x 1 m Closing door mechanism to avoid catching pelagic fish/plankton |
||
| Remark |
- |
||
| Information | Marc Lavaleye | ||
Beam Trawl
| Application |
Bottom trawl to collect fish and epifauna |
 |
|
| Specification |
Width: 3, 2 or 1 m |
||
| Remark |
This equipment is NOT part of the MRF equipment pool |
||
| Information |
Magda Bergman (3m) |
||
Triangular Dredge
| Application | Catching bottom material from rough seabeds |
 |
|
| Specification | Opening:1 m triangle Mesh size: 2 x 2 cm Dry weight: 150 kg Max depth: 6.000 m 3 dredges available |
||
| Remark | - |
||
| Information |
Marc Lavaleye |
||
Rectangular Midwater Trawl net (RMT-1+8 net)
| Application | Large pelagic net for collecting fish and plankton |  |
|
| Specification |
Separate fish and plankton net
Plankton net:
- Net opening: 1 m²
- Mesh size: 300 μm
Fish and nekton net
- Net opening: 8 m²
- Mesh size: 5 x 5 mm
Acoustic actuated closing mechanism
Readout via acoustic modem:
- Temperature
- Depth
- Tow speed
- Net status
Total height: 13 m
Total weight: appr 1.000 kg
|
||
| Remark | |||
| Information |
Hans Witte |
||
Multinet
| Application | Collecting zoo plankton at 5 different depths | ||
| Specification |
Net opening = 0.25 m²
Several mesh sizes:
- 100 μm
- 200 μm
- 500 μm
Actuating via conductor tow cable
Readout via tow cable
- Temperature
- Depth
- Tow speed
- Fluorometer (optional)
Max depth: 1,000 m
Height: 2.5 m
Weight: 200 kg
|
||
| Remark | Conductor tow cable is needed | ||
| Information |
Swier Oosterhuis |
||
Hydrobios WP-2 plankton net
| Application | Collecting of zoo plankton (vertical fishing) |  |
|
| Specification | Net opening: diameter 60 cm Mesh size: 200 μm Deployed from idle ship |
||
| Remark | |||
| Information |
Swier Oosterhuis |
||
Isaac-Kid net
| Application | Pelagic fishing of nekton, plankton and fish eggs |  |
|
| Specification |
Net opening: 8.2 m²
Mesh size: 2 x 2 mm/ 5 x 5 mm
Beam width: 2.5 m
Height: 7 m
|
||
| Remark | |||
| Information |
Hans Witte |
||
Deep Digging Dredge 3D
| Application | Large surface benthic sampler to collect benthic fauna | ||
| Specification |
Slicing area : 20 x 20 cm
Mesh size: 5 x 5 mm
Maximum track length : 100 m
Max operating depth: 200 m
Dimensions: L x W x H = 2.55 x 2.45 x 1.65 m
Empty dry weight: 1.500 kg
|
||
| Remark |
The Triple-D IS NOT part of the MRF-equipment pool Special assistance is needed |
||
| Information |
Magda Berman |
||
 |
|||
 |
|||
High Pressure Sampler HPS
| Application | Recovering small volume pressure retaining samples from the deep-sea in inert bottles. Now bacterial respiration and production - not affected by decompression – can be measured. | ||
| Specification |
Small inert bottles: titanium
Several volumes: 50 and 200 ml
Possibility of on-board tracer addition
Water depth down to 6.000 m
6 or 12 bottles per depth
Up to 6 depths per cast
Pressure drop < 5%
Integrated in CTD carousel
Electronical strain gauge and mechanical pressure measurement
Pressure retaining nutrient addition unit
|
||
| Remark |
|
||
| Information |
Marck Smit |
||
 |
|||
| High Pressure Sampler in combination with the nutrient injector unit | |||
Fish processing container
| Application | Sorting and processing of fish | ||
| Specification |
Special purpose 20-foot container, including ventilation and airco.
Hydraulic loading unit.
Separate processing room
|
||
| Remark |
This container is NOT a MRF-POOL container
Limited use.
Not yet certified.
|
||
| ID# |
NIOU 000015
|
||
| Information |
Henk van der Veer |
||
 |
|||
 |
|||
Isotope laboratory containers
Isotope container #52
| Application | Isotope laboratory for C-14, H3 and other radioactive isotopes | ||
| Specification |
Special 20 foot container, including ventilation and aircosystem.
2 x Working table and 2 x fume hood
|
||
| Remark |
Working in this lab is only permitted with special education (level-5 b) for working with radioactive material.
Supervision of a radiation-expert (level 3) is obligatory.
|
||
| ID# | NIOU 000052-0 | ||
| Information |
Santiago Gonzalez |
||
 |
|||
Isotope container #4
| Application | Isotope laboratory for C-14, H3 and other radioactive isotopes | ||
| Specification |
Special 20 foot container, including ventilation and aircosystem.
2 x Working table and 2 x fume hood
|
||
| Remark |
Working in this lab is only permitted with special education (level-5 b) for working with radioactive material.
Supervision of a radiation-expert (level 3) is obligatory.
|
||
| ID# | NIOU 000004-1 | ||
| Information |
Santiago Gonzalez |
||
 |
|||