Who collects the samples?
One tube of blood is required for the DNA profile tests. Only a trained healthcare worker can draw the blood sample. Prison inmates and committed juveniles are sampled at the institution where they are housed. For probationers, the probation offices must identify someone to draw the blood, so each probation office should find a solution to meet their particular needs.
The sampling sites are serviced by volunteer teams from a variety of institutes and facilities around Scotland. How Temperature is Recorded Temperature is recorded using Vemco™ miniloggers. FRS staff set the miniloggers to sample the surface temperature every 30 or Long term monitoring kit 60 minutes and then send them out to the volunteers to deploy. When the miniloggers are returned to FRS Marine Laboratory, the data are downloaded onto computer. Glass salinity bottle Measuring Salinity and Nutrients Throughout the year, water samples are taken at the sites on a weekly basis. Every 12 weeks a set of samples are sent back to FRS Marine Laboratory to be analysed for salinity and nutrients. Collecting Phytoplankton Samples for phytoplankton analysis are taken with a 10 metre hose. The hose is lowered into the sea, closed off at the upper end, and then withdrawn, capturing a 10 metre long ‘plug’ of sea water. A one litre sub-sample is preserved in Lugol’s iodine and sent to specialists a
