Our lab uses a PAM-2000 Fluorometer from Walz (www.walz.com). They make a
wide variety of products related to leaf fluorescence measurements including
a field chlorophyll fluorometer. I am not sure how much they cost.
Cheers,
Marnin Wolfe
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Biological Sciences
Look into the Turner Aquafluor
(http://www.turnerdesigns.com/t2/instruments/aquafluor.html). It has two
channels, so it can be set to do Chl a by extraction and in vivo (or
rodamine or turbidity...) I think price should be in the ballpark of $2500,
depending on the modules you have installed. It
You might also check out one of the models from Turner Designs (http://www.turnerdesigns.com/
). They have a bench top model (http://www.turnerdesigns.com/t2/instruments/trilogy.html
) that is relatively inexpensive (<$7k) but requires solid state
modules ($400-$800) for each parameter you wan
I think you are going to have to spend $10-15k to get a good
fluorometer. I use the OS5-FL from Opti-Sciences and think very
highly of it. They don't make it any more, but the successor model
the OS5p, is quite similar. Their web site is
http://www.optisci.com/. You may be able to find a us
Dear colleagues,
I am looking to purchase both a laboratory and a field-portable fluorometer
for chlorophyll measurements. Can someone recommend me an inexpensive, yet
reliable equipment for this purpose?
Thank you.
Jun Xu
School of Renewable Natural Resources
Louisiana State Universi
