Instrument: Shipboard Incubator

Dataset: 
Incubations: cell abundance, carbon fixation rates, nitrates
Instrument: 
Shipboard Incubator
Instrument Short Name:
Instrument Description:

A device mounted on a ship that holds water samples under conditions of controlled temperature or controlled temperature and illumination.

PI supplied instrument name: Vent-SID
Dataset-specific description

A Vent-SID, Vent-Submersible Incubation Device, was used for on-deck incubations. It draws seawater and microbes into incubation chambers and measures the biochemical business going on under natural conditions. For further description of this device, see https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/bringing-a-lab-to-the-seafloor/.