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About AEAL
Monitoring and Analytical Capabilities
  
  
AEAL has a wide menu of field and lab research experience with its in-house staff and equipment. Our network of UC Davis collaborators and facilities often provide us with resources and capabilities in addition to this select list:
Aquatic Invertebrates
EPA EMAP, EPA RBP, CSBP, and PONAR sampling protocols
Identification to genus for most groups (California CSBP Level 2 capable)
Identification experience for CA Central Valley, Delta, North Coast, Southeast Sierras
Identification of Chironomidae larvae and pupae to genus
Archive-quality Chironomidae specimen slides
Aquatic bioassessment studies
Fisheries
Beach seining and electrofishing protocols
Photonic marking and PIT tag implantation
Salmon and lamprey redd surveys
Snorkeling surveys
In-stream rearing experiments
Identification of California freshwater, coastal, and non-native fishes
Gut content analyses
Otolith and scale extraction and aging
Otolith microchemistry
Forestry
Tree core extraction
Historic nutrient record inference
Limnological
Sediment coring
Laser particle analysis and sediment size classification
Chlorophyll analyses
Aquatic macrophyte surveys
Dissolved oxygen and temperature monitoring
Physical cross-section surveys
Watershed GIS mapping
Molecular
Heat-shock protein analysis
Stable isotope analysis
Lipid profile determination
Primer design
Quantitative real-time PCR
Microarray analysis
Gene profile development for select stressors
Water Quality Monitoring
Sample collection for sediment toxicity
Surface water sampling for pesticides, metals and nutrients
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