Sampling - how does it work?
Join the activities of the German Environmental Specimen Bank on 7 September, when the ESB will be demonstrating samplings and sample treatments.
- Sampling of soil and treatment by sieving the sampled material and freezing it over liquid nitrogen.
- Sampling of suspended particulate matter in a sedimentation box.
- Bream of the river Mulde swim in a big pool; their sampling and treatment are described on posters.
Additional posters will inform about the results of soil analysis and the developments for optimising the sedimention boxes.
Venue
Open-air area Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt), Wörlitzer Platz 1, D-06844 Dessau-Roßlau.
We will be around all day long and look forward to welcoming you!
Environment 2010: From Knowledge to Decision
The demonstrations will take place during the joint annual meeting of the GDCh-Unit of environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology and the German branch of SETAC Europe in Dessau-Roßlau, 6-9 September 2010.
More results of the Environmental Specimen Bank will be presented during the conference.
Conference information (German): To GDCh press release | To conference website