Provide the capacity to collect trace clean water, sediment, and tissue samples in fresh, estuarine, or salt water environments.

Photographs from some of our field surveys are provided to better present the wide range of sampling equipment and habitats in which MPSL-MLML is experienced.

• The creation and implementation of infrastructure, procedures, and logistical support to projects and field organizations
• Research vessels for shallow and deep water sampling
• 25 foot Boston Whaler equipped with davit, winch, and modified Van Veen grab for collection of nearshore and estuarine sediment samples
• Access to additional sampling vessels from 18 to 56 feet
• Wide range of capabilities for sampling fish and invertebrate tissue, sediment, and water in fresh, estuarine, or salt water environments. Soil samples have also been collected in wetlands.
• Water quality sensors and meters
• Sediment sampling grabs and coring devices
• Fish, invertebrate and plankton nets, traps and trawls
• California State University certified research divers
• Differential GPS and GIS capabilities for accurate location, representation, and analysis of data from sampling locations
• Trace metal and trace organic clean sampling and sample handling capabilities

Provide the ability to handle and process samples in a non-contaminating environment.

• Trace clean HEPA filtered lab space
• HEPA-filtered, positive-pressure clean labs for sample processing, trace cleaning glassware, and equipment cleaning
• Trace clean sampling gear and handling supplies
• COC/COR procedures
• Sample processing and archive facilities
• -20° F sample storage freezer space
• Beckman J-6B Centrifuge for extraction of large volumes of interstitial water from sediments
• Taxonomists and ecologists experienced in evaluating benthic community samples