Chemical Oceanography
The Chemical Oceanography Facility provides analytical research facilities and support services for determination of lipids and amino acids, and carbon and nitrogen content of aquatic samples to faculty researchers, undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral fellows within the University, as well as to government agencies and private sector R&D companies.
The facility currently has analytical laboratories specializing in the determination of organic compounds (lipids and amino acids) and elements (carbon and nitrogen) in samples from the aquatic environment. The lipid lab has instrumentation for performing extractions, thin layer chromatography (TLC), and gas chromatography (GC). The C/N lab has instrumentation for determining dissolved and particulate organic carbon and nitrogen (DOC, POC, DON, PON).
Samples may be submitted to be run by the staff or users may process their own samples, in which case training will be provided by ARC staff.
Publications
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Parrish, C. C., Wells, J. S. Determination of Total Lipid and Lipid Classes in Marine Samples. J. Vis. Exp. (178), e62315, doi:10.3791/62315 (2021).
- Background to Marine Lipids
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