A modern laboratory is equipped with an auto-analyzer, spectrophotometers, fluorometers, and other instruments. A Laboratory with an artificial stream is available for experimental research of stream ecosystems in a setting that allows control and manipulation of environmental characteristics. A new underground soil biology laboratory is available for manrrhizal microbes, and invertebrates. For access to soil biota there are 544 removable windows. Support facilities include a culture room, laminar flow hood, dark rooms, chemical analysis laboratory, microcomputer with digitizing pod, and a computer link to Ann Arbor and many universities.
Strong emphasis is placed on ecology and field biology.
Courses are supported by equipment, laboratories, the library, a computing center, vehicles and boats. Special programs are offered for graduate students, teachers of biology and science, and regional teachers, school children, and adults. To see more, go to classes. University of Michigan Biological Station 745 Dennison Bldg. University of Michigan Biological Station 745 Dennison Bldg.