ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The National Science Foundation, through its Major Research Instrumentation Program, has awarded a grant of $41,340 to the SUNY College at Oneonta to support the acquisition of a Total Organic Carbon Analyzer and associated equipment. The instruments will be used for research at the College’s Biological Field Station in Cooperstown. The grant was awarded to Dr. Nicola McEnroe of the SUNY Oneonta Biology and Earth Sciences Departments and Dr. Willard Harman, Director of the Biological Field Station.
With the Total Organic Carbon Analyzer, SUNY Oneonta will be able to conduct research in the areas of aquatic carbon biogeochemistry and metabolism in freshwater lakes and ecosystems. The instrument will allow researchers to study the organic contamination of rivers, lakes, dams and other water in the natural cycles, as well as water quality of industrial and sewage plant effluent, and the quality control of water intended for public drinking supplies. With the instrument, researchers will attempt to establish the key biotic and abiotic factors that drive carbon biogeochemical cycling and carbon metabolism in Otsego Lake.
More information about the National Science Foundation grant is available
from Dr. Harman at (607) 547-8778.
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