Instrument: Microscope-Optical

Dataset: 
Instrument Short Name:
(http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB05/)
Instrument Description:

Instruments that generate enlarged images of samples using the phenomena of reflection and absorption of visible light. Includes conventional and inverted instruments. Also called a "light microscope".

PI supplied instrument name: microscope (Steindorff SXC, New York Microscopes)
Dataset-specific description

Prior to each test, the shear flume was fitted on the settlement plate with clamps and the released spores were photographed using a microscope (Steindorff SXC, New York Microscopes) connected to a camera (Nikon Coolpix S3300), using the lines drawn in the working section for reference.