Equipment

Analytical Equipment

  • Analytical Balance
  • Anemometer with Particle Image Velocimetry System*
  • Atomic Absorption Spectrometer
  • Autoclave
  • Capillary Electrophoresis with Fluorescence and UV Detector*
  • Total Organic Carbon Analyzer (TOC)
  • Confocal Microscope
  • Auto Nutrient Analyzer (Skalar)
  • Microarray Scanner
  • Epifluorescence Microscope with Digital Camera
  • Flow Cytometer
  • Fluorescence Spectrophotometer
  • FTIR Gas Analyzer (Fourier Transform Infrared)*
  • FTIR Spectrometer (Fourier Transform Infrared)*
  • Lyophilizer
  • GC-ECD/FPD Gas Chromatograph*
  • GC-FID/TCD Gas Chromatograph*
  • GC-MS Gas Chromatograph*
  • High-Performance Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC)
  • Image Analysis System
  • Imaging-PAM Fluorometer*
  • Ion Chromatograph (2)
  • Liquid Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)*
  • Fluorometry PAM Microscope Application
  • Microwave Digestion System*
  • Milli-Q® Integral Water Purification System
  • Muffle Furnace
  • Organic Elements Analyzer*
  • Ovens (2)
  • Real-Time PCR
  • Extended Focus Stereomicroscope
  • Microorganism Identification and Characterization System (Biolog)
  • Thermal Cyclers (2)
  • Liquid Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometry Triple Quadrupole (LC-MS/MS)
  • Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS)
  • Ultracentrifuge
  • Ultra-Low Temperature Freezer (-86°C)
  • UV-Visible Spectrophotometer
  • Items marked with an asterisk () are specialized instruments or equipment.

For more information, please contact: cesam-laboratorios@ua.pt.

Oceanographic Equipment

  • Combined side-scan sonar (double frequency: 100/400 kHz) and sub-bottom chirp profiler (05-12 kHz), tow cable of 100 m, J-Star and Sonarweb acquisition and processing software
  • Multibeam echosounder Kongsberg EM2040C
  • ADCP RDI WH Sentinel 1200 kHz and Riverboat
  • CTD Seabird 19plusV2
  • Turbidity Sensors (OBS)

For information on technical description, terms and conditions please contact cesam-infraestruturas@ua.pt

Equipamento meteorológico

  • Pyranometers
  • Anemometers
  • Pluviometers

For additional information on technical description please contact the field technicians.