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(Falmouth, MA) - McLane Research Laboratories, Inc. announces the availability of a new in situ sampler. The Imaging FlowCytobot (IFCB) is an automated submersible imaging flow cytometer that generates images of particles in-flow taken from the aquatic environment. Depending on the target population, the IFCB can generate around 10,000 high resolution images per hour.

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McLane staff was in Southampton UK recently for Ocean Business 2013. In addition to showcasing our line of profilers, samplers, and flotation, we introduced the newest instrument in the McLane product line, the IFCB.  

An article on McLane's first article profiler for OOI  authored by McLane's Michael Mathewson and Cleo Zani is a featured editorial in the February 2013 Sea Technology issue. 

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Two new instructional videos are now available for the WTS-LV (Large Volume pump) for maintaining and preparing the instrument for deployment. The video "WTS-LV Battery Unit Change" shows how to change the battery pack unit. The video, "WTS-LV Deployment Preparation" shows some critical pre-deployment steps such as changing a filter, removing the filter holder unit, and connecting to a computer.

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Credit: B. ChristnerThe McLane Bore Hole model WTS-LV recently contributed to interdisciplinary field work on the subglacial environment at Subglacial Lake Whillans. The Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling project (WISSARD) used a variety of tools including a Bore Hole WTS-LV to explore Subglacial Lake Whillans and the nearby grounding zone, on the southeastern edge of the Ross Sea.

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Falmouth, MA – McLane Research Laboratories, Inc. announces the delivery of the first article moored profilers to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) for the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Coastal and Global arrays. In September 2011, McLane was awarded the contract for Coastal and Global wire following profilers (WFP) to be used by OOI. The contract included proposed improvements to the existing moored profiler manufactured by McLane under the WHOI license, production of first article profilers, and options for additional profilers to populate the Coastal Pioneer, Endurance, and Global Arrays.

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17 December 2012: McLane Research Laboratories, Inc. (Falmouth, MA) is pleased to announce the successful integration and test of a Nortek acoustic Doppler current meter for the Mclane Moored Profiler (MMP), a wire-crawling profiler. In collaboration with NortekUSA, successful tests of the Nortek Aquadopp Profiler mounted to the MMP were expanded in fully integrating the current meter into the MMP data control and acquisition system for seamless deployment configuration and data collection.

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Coral reef pH and CO₂ levels can change drastically from day to night, making collection at both ends of the day important for studying ocean acidification. Night sampling is often difficult from a boat in a shallow coral reef, but the Remote Access Sampler (RAS) provides a solution for WHOI postdoctoral researcher Katie Shamberger, making sampling possible even in the dark. Read more »