FACILITIES AND CAPABILITIES

Click on the link below to find out MPSL’s facilities and capabilities.

FIELD

MPSL-MLML
MPSL-DFG
UCD-Granite

LABORATORY

MPSL-MLML
MPSL-DFG
UCD-Granite
DFG-WPCL

DATABASE MANAGEMENT

MPSL-MLML

REPORT PREPARATION

FIELD

MPSL-MLML

· 18 foot Boston Whaler equipped with davit, winch, and modified Van Veen grab for collection of nearshore and estuarine sediment samples
· Access to additional sampling vessels from 18 to 135 feet
· Wide range of capabilities for sampling fish and invertebrate tissue, sediment, and water in fresh, estuarine, or salt water environments. Soil samples have also been collected in wetlands.
· California State University and Department of Fish and Game certified research divers
· Differential GPS and GIS capabilities for accurate location, representation, and analysis of data from sampling locations
· Trace metal and trace organic clean sampling and sample handling capabilities

MPSL-DFG

Contact Gary Ichikawa for a list of field capabilities.

UCD-Granite

Please view the Granite Canyon website at http://www.envtox.ucdavis.edu/GraniteCanyon/GraniteCanyon.htm or contact John Hunt for a list of field capabilities.

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LABORATORY

MPSL-MLML

· HEPA-filtered, positive-pressure clean labs for sample processing, trace cleaning glassware, and equipment cleaning
· Sample processing and archive facilities
· Beckman J-6B Centrifuge for extraction of large volumes of interstitial water from sediments
· Total Organic Carbon and grain size analysis capabilities
· Taxonomists and ecologists experienced in evaluating benthic community samples

MPSL-DFG

· HEPA-filtered, positive-pressure clean labs for sample processing, trace cleaning glassware, and equipment cleaning
· Sample processing and archive facilities
· ICP, FIMS, and CVAF for trace metals, mercury, and methylmercury analyses
· Perkin Elmer 3030 with HGA 500 graphite furnace, AS 60 autosampler, and Zeeman background corrector to quantify elements at low concentrations.
· Perkin Elmer 2280 flame atomic absorption (AA) spectrophotometer equipped with a deuterium arc background corrector for the analyses of all flame elements, as well as mercury (Hg) by cold vapor technique.

UCD-Granite

Please view the Granite Canyon website at http://www.envtox.ucdavis.edu/GraniteCanyon/GraniteCanyon.htm or contact John Hunt for laboratory facilities and capabilities at Granite Canyon.

DFG-WPCL

Contact Dave Crane for laboratory facilities and capabilities at the Water Pollution Control Lab.

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DATABASE MANAGEMENT

MPSL-MLML

MPSL-MLML currently manages the database for the state-wide Surface Waters Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP). The database was designed as a centralized data storage system so that the typical data user can obtain synoptic data sets from discrete hydrologic units or large geographical regions of the state. This centralized database was developed using standardized data transfer protocols (SDTP) for data exchange and Data Entering/Editing Forms for field data and observations. The SWAMP database will be organized through a relational structure in which multiple data tables are linked through one or more common fields or primary keys. Karl Jacobs of the Department of Water Resource (DWR), Dave Paradies of the Bay Foundation, and Larry Cooper of SCCWRP have provided valuable input in the development of the database. If you have questions concerning database management, please contact Cassandra Lamerdin.

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REPORT PREPARATION

In some cases, MPSL-MLML and UCD-Granite will contract their services to help in study design, data interpretation, and report preparation. If interested, please contact Rusty Fairey at MPSL-MLML or John Hunt at UCD-Granite.


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