Introduction Page 7


HBEF Facilities

The Robert Pierce Ecosystem Laboratory

Think about some of the facilities you would need to do research at a remote site like the HBEF.

Where would you store your field equipment? Where would you do labwork? If you wanted to stay in the area for a long time, where would you sleep? Where would you store old samples?

These same questions have faced HBEF scientists for many years. To help solve these problems, a number of buildings have been built to help make long-term research possible.

Above is a photo of the main HBEF laboratory building. While a majority of water, soil, and vegetation samples are shipped to other, better-equipped laboratories across the country, a great deal of basic labwork can be done at this field laboratory. For example, every week scientists measure the pH of streamwater and precipitation samples in this building. There is also a large meeting room and several rooms where overnight guests may stay. The lab is named after Dr. Robert Pierce, one of the four original founders of the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study.

To see more - including a look at where students live - click here to take a short facilities tour that will bring you back to this page.

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