Facilities & Equipment

The main Lake Champlain Research Institute facilities complex consists of research laboratory, office and conference room spaces that are available to research affiliates and students involves with LCRI.

This includes a modern water quality laboratory with extensive analytical capabilities located in the new Hudson Annex building on campus.

The Lake Champlain Research Institute’s docking facilities for research vessels are located at the college’s Valcour Educational Center, just south of the City of Plattsburgh. Affiliates have access to all analytical equipment and can check out portable equipment and gear, vehicles and boats.

LCRI Facilities & Equipment

Features

Analytical water chemistry lab
Prep lab
General research lab
Wet lab/living stream lab
Microscopy lab
Mini-computer facilities for student research
Conference room
Offices for faculty and staff

LCRI Laboratory Equipment

The new analytical laboratory in the Hudson Annex building contains the following instruments. Contact Dr. Tim Mihuc if you are interested in the laboratory and its capabilities.

Dionex ICS-2000 RFIC Ion Chromatograph
Bran-Luebbe Auto Analyzer, (two channels; total N&P)
Perkin Elmer AAnalyst 400 Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer
Perkin Elmer Optima 7000DV Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer
Thermo Flash 2000 Elemental Analyzer, NC sediments analyzer
Thermo HiPerTOC, total organic carbon analyzer

LCRI Field Equipment

Stream velocity meters, backpack electroshocker and other equipment
Eureka Water Quality Multiprobe for pH, DO, conductivity and turbidity
Free fall core sampler capable of operating at 120m depth (Eckmann Dredge)
Various limnological sampling gear including plankton nets, water samplers, a tucker trawl and a bottom fish trawl

LCRI Boats

The research vessels consist of the “Gruendling,” a 32 foot aluminum vessel and a 19 foot research boat, the “Nauplii” and a 24 ft research boat the “Linnaeus.”