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General Info

Schedule Info

Operational Info

Lab Equipment

Navigational Info

Lift Capacity

Fish and Plankton Gear

Meteorological Equipment

Certification Details

Institution & Contact Info

Name: Biolab
Captain: Allen, Matt A., Arthur Duff, Thomas, Wolf
Length: 37.3 feet
Beam: 10 feet
Draft: 4 feet
Speed: 8 knots
Displacement: 19 tons
Hull: Steel/Trapnet
Year: 1947
Comments:

Month	1st Period	2nd Period
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Crew Size ( inc. Captain ):	1
Number of Scientists Vessel can Accommodate:	10
Field Season:	From April to October
Operation Days / Year:	200
Schedule Finalized in:	April

- No, does not contain option. - Yes, contains option.
Science Officer in Crew?:
Crew Provides Onboard Science Support?:
Payment In Kind? Time on Another Ship?
Fuel as a type of "Payment in Kind"?
Needed Equipment as a type of "Payment In Kind"?
"Piggyback" Research Permitted When Possible?
Encourage Crosstraining other Agencies with Vessel and Crew?
Vessel made available to outside Researchers?

Outside Research Payment:	Yes $77/hr. regular time; $88/hr. overtime

Electrical Power:	Onan
Water Supplies:	Raw water pump
Refrigerators / Freezers:
Incubators / Water Baths:
Vacuum Pumps:	Fisher
P.H. Meters:	Fisher hand-held
D.O. Meters:	Y.S.I., various
Conductivity:	YSI
Lab Space:	24
Other:	Secchi disks; ROV -Deep Ocean

Radar:	none
GPS:	Sitex
Radio:	Harrison and Standard
Depth Sounders:	Lowrance X-16
Other:

Winches / Cranes:	200 lbs
CTD`s BT`s:
Niskin Bottles:
Corers:
Grabs:	Ponar and Ekman (6
Other:	Peterson

Trawl Nets:	16-ft. Otter trawls/35-ft. Otter trawls
Plankton Nets:	80 u and 500 u; 1/2-and 3/4-m
Other:	Van Dorn, Kemmerer Schindler-Patalas

Wind Speed / Direction:	Cole-Parmer
Thermometer:	thermometer
Barometer:	on-shore
Other:

Institution Required Certification:
Certification Captain:
Certification Crew:
Certification Engineer:

Home Port:	Stone Lab, Gibralter Island, Ohio
Home Port Lake:	Lake Erie
Institution:	Stone Laboratory - Ohio Sea Grant - OSU
Contact Name:	John Hageman
Address:	P.O. box 119 878 Bayview Abe.
City:	Put-In-Bay
State / Province:	Ohio
Country:	United States
Postal / Zip Code:	43456
Phone:	419 285-3245; 419 28
Fax:	419 285-4754; 419 285-4754
Email:	hageman.2@osu.edu

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