Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
A New Device for Collection of Interstitial Water
from Wetland Sediments
Ned H. Euliss, Jr. and Ronald K. Barnes
Abstract: A sampler for collection of interstitial water
from wetland sediments is described. It differs from other sampling devices
because it does not have to be filled with solution to facilitate diffusion,
it does not have to be removed from the wetland to collect samples, and it can
be used to draw repeated samples over time from identical locations. The device
facilitates "in situ" measurement of a wide range of abiotic parameters such
as electrical conductivity, redox potential, and pH in wetland sediments. The
device has application in ecological investigations of sediment-borne wildlife
diseases, studies of benthic invertebrates, measurement of nutrient exchange,
and other aspects of wetland ecology.
Keywords: Benthos, diffusion-controlled sampler, interstitial
water, peeper, pore water, sediment-water interface.
This resource is based on the following source (Northern Prairie Publication
0819):
Euliss, Ned H., Jr., and Ronald K. Barnes. 1992. A new device
for collection of interstitial water from wetland sediments.
Wetlands Ecology and Management 1(4):233-237.
This resource should be cited as:
Euliss, Ned H., Jr., and Ronald K. Barnes. 1992. A new device
for collection of interstitial water from wetland sediments.
Wetlands Ecology and Management 1(4):233-237. Jamestown,
ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online.
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/wetlands/newdevic/index.htm
(Version 26APR2002).
Table of Contents
Table and Figures
- Table 1 -- Abiotic data from a wetland
on the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, California.
- Figure 1 -- Sampling device for collection
of interstitial water from wetland sediments.
- Figure 2 -- Expanded internal view of lower
and of the sampling device.
Ned H. Euliss, Jr., U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Northern
Prairie Wildlife Research Center, 6924 Tremont Road, Dixon, CA 95620, U.S.A.
Present address: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Northern Prairie Wildlife
Research Center, Rt. 1, Box 96c, Jamestown, ND 58401-9736, U.S.A.
Ronald K. Barnes, Monarch Laboratory, 563 East Lindo Avenue,
Chico, CA 95926, U.S.A.
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