Name
Shear TUrbulence Resuspension Mesocosm (STURM) facility
Legal name of organisation
The University of Baltimore (UBalt)
Country
United States of America
Continent
North America
Organisation address
UBalt STURM facility located at:
Patuxent Environmental and Aquatic Research Laboratory (PEARL),
Morgan State University,
10545 Mackall RoadÂ
Saint Leonard, MD 20685
USA
Primary contact information (PI)
Dr. Elka T. Porter,
Please login or request access to view contact information.
Years of Mesocosm Experiments
2003 - present
Description of Facility
- Six 1000L tanks (2 x 3 reps) with a 1m2 sediment surface area.
- Can be set up as resuspension (R) tanks or as non resuspension (NR) tanks.
Controlled Parameters
- Bottom shear stress
- Energy dissipation rate
- RMS turbulent velocity
Research Topics
- Benthic-pelagic coupling
- tidal and episodic resuspension
Facility location(s)
38.39364902663247,-76.50512446172259
Primary interests
Effect of resuspension on ecosystem processes and the nitrogen cycle
Specialist areas
Benthic-pelagic coupling.
Equipment
- Mixing system
- turbidity monitoring
- temperature monitoring
Lodging
No lodging
Source of Information
Photos of experiments/installations