Laboratory
The Ecological Fluid Dynamics Laboratory specializes in the use of laser-based instrumentation to quantify and understand fluid flow processes associated with ecological processes in water and air. We have a particular interest in understanding how complex flows transport and mix biologically relevant entities.
Benthic Turbulence Flume
The laboratory houses a number of fluid flow facilities. The Benthic Turbulence Flume is the largest, at 15 m in length and holding 25,000 liters of water.
Plankton Turbulence Facility
The Plankton Turbulence Facility is the smallest flow facility in the laboratory, designed to study plankton swimming and aggregation in 1-liter samples of plankton.
We use continuous-wave and pulsed lasers across a range of wavelengths to measure instantaneous flow velocities (using particle image velocimetry) and scalar structure (using laser-induced fluorescence).
