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Facilities
We have managed to setting up the first micro/mesocosm in Ecuador to simulate ocean acidification conditions and evaluate the responses of ecological relevant key native species. This system consist in up to eigth pH stats able to change the water pH trough injection of pure CO2.
We could adapt this system to a widely range of research species and we are open to collaborate with researchers willing to analyze ocean acidification impacts on their focus species. Neverthless, due seawater suply system, we prefers for now develop short term (up to 6 weeks) expositions. We could easyly adapt our system to volumes from 5 L to 60 L tanks or more. At the moment we worked with shrimps, snails and fishes.
We work with automated pH monitoring and control system Apex Jr. (Neptune systems). This equipment allow us to control and record pH levels each 5 minutes (or more), and control remotely by internet. Moreover, we have reach accuracies up to +/- 0,02 pH units.
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