Facilities


Our program is centered in the H.T. Peters Aquatics Laboratory, a 4000 square foot facility situated on Lake Bemidji. This facility features a classroom, water laboratory, computer room, and areas for student projects. A recent addition to the classroom area is a display aquarium honoring the late Dr. Charles S. Holt, Emeritus Professor of Aquatic Biology.

Equipment includes:
Living stream systems
Dozens of aquaria
Phase contrast microscope with computer imaging
Dissecting and compound microscopes
Balances
Fluorometer
Drying ovens
Walk-in refrigeration
Light meters
Muffle furnace
Pontoon boat
Jon boat
Zooplankton nets
Surber samplers
Kicknets
Alpha bottles
Mesocosms
Hydrolabs
Seines, trap nets, minnow traps
Ekman dredges
Core samplers
Flow meters
GIS