There is, in addition, extensive equipment specifically for research in limnology and physiological ecology. Of particular importance for water chemistry analysis is the Technicon Auto Analyzer in the Lakeside Laboratory Building. Of special interest is the Soil Biotron or Rhizotron. This 116 foot long tunnel is designed for manipulative studies of soil biota in the forest ecosystem. An artificial stream laboratory was opened in 1993.
Investigators can simultaneously have in operation up to several hundred stream channels.
2 O across the forest canopy and understory. Since 1909 UMBS has been the location of continuous research on the organisms, environments, and ecosystems of the upper Great Lakes region. These longitudinal databases provide an exceptional opportunity to compare the organisms and ecosystems of today, and the future, with those of past decades.