Québec-Océan makes available to its members and any interested person an inventory of specialized equipment for coastal oceanography and ice operations. This equipment belongs to Université Laval.
To borrow or rent equipment, find the equipment in the inventory, carefully read the Loan and Rental Policy (displayed after the inventory), fill out and submit the “Equipment Loan or Rental” form.
| Type | Description | Brand / Model | Quantity | Function / Inclusion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Grab |
Ponar 10 '' |
Wildco / Ponar |
2 |
Used to collect sediment samples |
Grab |
Van Veen 12 ½ x 15 '' |
Wildco / Van Veen |
1 |
Used to collect sediment samples |
Grab |
Ekman 6 '' |
Wildco / Ekman |
1 |
Used to collect sediment samples |
Grab |
Shipeck 8 '' |
Wildco / Shipek |
1 |
Used to collect sediment samples |
Buoy |
Benthos floats 12 '' - black |
|
25 |
Floats at or just below the water surface |
Buoy |
Float with radar reflector |
|
3 |
Floats at the water surface, with a radar reflector for passing boats |
Buoy |
Miscellaneous floats |
|
15 |
Flottaisons diverses |
Buoy |
Nikalon float 8 '', 200 mm |
|
30 |
Subsurface floats, 350 m max |
Buoy |
Styrofoam buoy |
|
19 |
Floats at the water surface |
Buoy |
Titanium Buoy 12 '', 280 mm |
Shippigan lte. / Titanium 28/2 |
6 |
Subsurface Floating, 1400 m max. |
Buoy |
Viny float 12 '' |
Romor |
6 |
Subsurface floating, 200 m max |
Buoy |
30 '' steel float |
Mooring Systems inc / SSF-30 |
2 |
Subsurface floating, 30 '' diameter, 380 m max |
Cryogenic Storage Equipment |
Thermo Scientific Liquid Nitrogen Container (50 L) |
Fisher / Locator 4 |
1 |
Samples Storage at -196° Celsius / 4 drawer racks |
Sampling Bottle |
Niskin 1.7 L |
General Oceanics / Niskin |
3 |
Used to collect water samples |
Sampling Bottle |
Go-Flow 5 L |
General Oceanics / GO-FLO |
9 |
Used to collect water samples |
Sampling Bottle |
Niskin 5 L, with external spins |
General Oceanics / Niskin |
5 |
Used to collect water samples |
Sampling Bottle |
Niskin 5 L, with external spins |
General Oceanics / Niskin |
3 |
Used to collect water samples |
Sampling Bottle |
Niskin 8 L |
General Oceanics / Niskin |
9 |
Used to collect water samples |
Camping |
Coleman Naphta stove |
Coleman |
1 |
Use to cook / Naphta tank |
Corer |
Gravity corer 2 ¾ '' with extension |
Benthos |
1 |
Used to collect sediment samples at the bottom of lakes or oceans. / Two 25 lb weights |
Corer |
Box corer |
|
1 |
Used to collect sediment samples at the bottom of lakes or oceans. / Three 12 x 8.5 x 24 '' boxes |
Corer |
Ice corer, manual, aluminium |
|
1 |
Used to collect ice cores / Handle, Extension |
Corer |
Gravity corer |
Wildlife 2406H |
1 |
Used to collect sediment samples at the bottom of lakes or oceans. / Extension |
Current Meter |
ADCP Sentinel 300 kHz |
Teledyne marine / RDI Workhorse Sentinel |
3 |
Measures ocean currents speed and direction of a water column up to 120m of length. Can be deployed to a max. of 200 m deep. / 2003 |
Current Meter |
ADCP RDI Sentinel 1200 kHz |
Teledyne marine / RDI Workhorse SZ 1200-1-UG77 |
2 |
Measures ocean currents speed and direction of a water column of up to 20m of length. Can be deployed up to max. 200 m deep. / 2003 |
CTD |
SBE CTD 25 (600 m max.) |
Sea-Bird Electronics / SBE 25 Sealogger CTD |
1 |
Measures sea water conductivity, temperature, oxygen and pressure / Pump (1), SBE 3-01/F temperature sensor (1), SBE 4-01/O conductivity sensor (1), SBE 29-1K pressure sensor (1) |
CTD |
SBE CTD 37 SM |
Sea-Bird Electronics / SBE 37-SM MicroCat C-T (P) Recorder |
2 |
Measures sea water conductivity, temperature and pressure; installed on moorings |
CTD |
SBE CTD 37 SM |
Sea-Bird Electronics / SBE 37-SM MicroCat C-T (P) Recorder |
1 |
Measures sea water conductivity, temperature and pressure; installed on moorings |
CTD |
SBE19 |
Sea-Bird Electronics / SBE19 SeaCAT |
1 |
Measures sea water conductivity, temperature and pressure / |
CTD |
SBE19plus V2 |
Sea-Bird Electronics / SBE19plus V2 SeaCAT |
1 |
Measures conductivity, temperature, and pressure at 4 scans/sec (4 Hz) / Pump |
Flow Meter |
Flow meter G-O |
General Oceanics / 2030R |
7 |
Measures water flow |
Flow Meter |
Flow meter TSK |
Tsurumi-Seiki / TSK |
8 |
Measures water flow |
Acoustic Release |
Transponder |
Edgetech / 8201 |
2 |
Device for the deployment and subsequent recovery of instruments from the sea floor; for deep water moorings / Tandem possible |
Acoustic Release |
Transmitter; Deck Unit |
Edgetech / 8011 |
1 |
Device for the deployment and subsequent recovery of instruments from the sea floor; for deep water moorings |
Acoustic Release |
Transponder |
InterOcean / 1090E |
2 |
Device for the deployment and subsequent recovery of instruments from the sea floor; for deep water moorings |
Acoustic Release |
Transmitter; Deck Unit |
InterOcean / 1100E |
2 |
Device for the deployment and subsequent recovery of instruments from the sea floor; for deep water moorings |
Net - Bucket |
20 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
1 |
To sample microplankton |
Net - Bucket |
64 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
1 |
To sample microplankton |
Net - Bucket |
73 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
3 |
To sample microplankton |
Net - Bucket |
80 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
1 |
To sample microplankton |
Net - Bucket |
200 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
3 |
To sample zooplankton / 2004 |
Net - Bucket |
243 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
1 |
To sample zooplankton |
Net - Bucket |
250 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
2 |
To sample zooplankton |
Net - Bucket |
333 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
5 |
To sample zooplankton |
Net - Bucket |
500 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
1 |
To sample zooplankton / 2004 |
Net - Bucket |
569 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
1 |
To sample zooplankton |
Net - Bucket |
750 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
2 |
To sample zooplankton / 2004 |
Bongo Net |
Double bongo, 0.50 m diameter frame |
Sea Gear / 9765-LB |
1 |
To fit the nets / |
Bongo Net |
64 µ Bongo |
|
2 |
To sample microplankton |
Bongo Net |
150 µ Bongo |
|
3 |
To sample microplankton |
Bongo Net |
250 µ Bongo |
|
2 |
To sample zooplankton |
Bongo Net |
333 µ Bongo |
|
4 |
To sample zooplankton |
Bongo Net |
569 µ Bongo |
|
4 |
To sample zooplankton |
Loose Net |
Miscellaneous non standard nets (64 to 700 µ) |
Filmar |
20 |
To sample zooplankton |
Ring Net |
Single frame for 0.50 m diameter net |
Québec-Océan |
5 |
To fit the nets |
Ring Net |
0.50 m diameter - 20 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
1 |
To sample microplankton |
Ring Net |
0.50 m diameter - 50 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
2 |
To sample microplankton |
Ring Net |
0.50 m diameter - 64 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
3 |
To sample microplankton |
Ring Net |
0.50 m diameter - 70 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
1 |
To sample microplankton |
Ring Net |
0.50 m diameter - 80 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
2 |
To sample microplankton |
Ring Net |
0.50 m diameter - 100 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
1 |
To sample microplankton |
Ring Net |
0.50 m diameter - 150 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
4 |
To sample microplankton |
Ring Net |
0.50 m diameter - 153 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
6 |
To sample microplankton |
Ring Net |
0.50 m diameter - 200 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
3 |
To sample zooplankton |
Ring Net |
0.50 m diameter - 239 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
1 |
To sample zooplankton |
Ring Net |
0.50 m diameter - 243 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
2 |
To sample zooplankton |
Ring Net |
0.50 m diameter - 250 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
8 |
To sample zooplankton |
Ring Net |
0.50 m diameter - 333 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
3 |
To sample zooplankton |
Ring Net |
0.50 m diameter - 353 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
1 |
To sample zooplankton |
Ring Net |
0.50 m diameter - 500 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
3 |
To sample zooplankton |
Ring Net |
0.50 m diameter - 1000 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
1 |
To sample zooplankton |
Ring Net |
Single frame for 0.65 m diameter net |
Québec-Océan |
1 |
To fit the nets |
Ring Net |
0.65 m diameter - 150 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
3 |
To sample microplankton |
Ring Net |
0.65 m diameter - 250 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
1 |
To sample zooplankton |
Ring Net |
0.65 m diameter - 500 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
3 |
To sample zooplankton |
Ring Net |
Single Frame, 1m diameter frame |
|
1 |
To fit the nets |
Ring Net |
1 m diameter - 80 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
5 |
To sample microplankton |
Ring Net |
1 m diameter - 150 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
1 |
To sample microplankton |
Ring Net |
1 m diameter - 157 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
1 |
To sample microplankton |
Ring Net |
1 m diameter - 200 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
1 |
To sample zooplankton |
Ring Net |
1 m diameter - 243 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
5 |
To sample zooplankton |
Ring Net |
1 m diameter - 250 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
4 |
To sample zooplankton |
Ring Net |
1 m diameter - 333 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
1 |
To sample zooplankton |
Ring Net |
1 m diameter - 475 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
1 |
To sample zooplankton |
Ring Net |
1 m diameter - 500 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
3 |
To sample zooplankton |
Ring Net |
1 m diameter - 750 µ Mesh Net |
Filmar |
1 |
To sample zooplankton |
Tucker Trawl Net |
200 µ Tucker |
Filmar / Tucker 1 x 1 m |
4 |
To sample zooplankton |
Tucker Trawl Net |
333 µ Tucker |
Filmar / Tucker 1 x 1 m |
2 |
To sample zooplankton |
Tucker Trawl Net |
500 µ Tucker |
Filmar / Tucker 1 x 1 m |
3 |
To sample zooplankton |
Tucker Trawl Net |
750 µ Tucker |
Filmar / Tucker 1 x 1 m |
2 |
To sample zooplankton |
Tucker Trawl Net |
1600 µ Tucker |
Filmar / Tucker 1 x 1 m |
2 |
To sample zooplankton |
Tucker Trawl Net |
3500 µ Tucker |
Filmar / Tucker 1 x 1 m |
2 |
To sample mesoplankton |
Tucker Trawl Net |
Frame for 3 nets, 1 sq. meter mouth opening, with messenger |
Québec-Océan |
|
To fix the nets / Release, 3 Messengers |
Epibenthic net |
Epibenthic net frame |
Québec-Océan |
2 |
Net frame to collect plankton samples just over the seabed |
Generator |
1.2 kW Generator |
Honda |
1 |
Supplies Electricity |
Generator |
Kolher 7 kW Generator |
Kohler |
1 |
Supplies Electricity |
GPS |
Satellite geolocation device using the GPS system |
Garmin / GPS76 |
2 |
Used to know its position on land or at sea |
Grappel |
1 meter hook |
|
3 |
Used to hang a mooring, an object or a boat |
Grappel |
Short hook (0.5 m) |
|
2 |
Used to hang a mooring, something or a boat |
Survival Suit |
Large |
Mustang |
2 |
Allows you to survive longer in cold water / 2012 |
Survival Suit |
Medium |
Mustang |
2 |
Allows you to survive longer in cold water / 2012 |
Survival Suit |
Small |
Mustang |
2 |
Allows you to survive longer in cold water / 2012 |
Transparency Measuring Device |
Secchi disk |
|
3 |
Measure the transparency of a water column (measurement related to turbidity) |
Field Tool |
Chain saw |
Stihl Digital / 66 |
1 |
Used to saw the ice |
Field Tool |
Boathook (Perch with a hook and a tip, or two hooks) |
|
1 |
Used for maneuvering a boat, hooking fish, etc. Can also be used on the ice |
Field Tool |
Ice pick |
Québec-Océan |
3 |
Used to pick or break the ice |
Field Tool |
Godendard (large saw) |
|
2 |
Used to saw the ice |
Field Tool |
Ice tongs |
Québec-Océan |
1 |
Used to pick up ice blocks |
Field Tool |
Shovel |
|
5 |
Used to shovel |
Small Boat |
Boston Whaler Guardian 22 ' unsubmersible boat |
Boston Whaler / Gardian 22' |
1 |
Allows navigation in coastal waters for small-scale sampling / 2003 |
Small Boat |
Long handle anchor |
|
2 |
Used to anchor small boat (< 30 ') |
Small Boat |
Wooden Oar |
|
3 |
Help to navigate |
Small Boat |
Short handle anchor |
|
2 |
Used to anchor small boat (< 16 ') |
Small Boat |
Zodiac MK4 17 ' |
Zodiac Milpro / MK 4 HD |
1 |
Allows navigation in coastal waters for small-scale sampling / 60 HP Engine, Safety equipment |
Small Boat |
Airboat |
|
1 |
Allows to move in shallow water more or less covered with ice / Mandatory safety gears |
Time-Series Sediment Trap |
Programmable Carousel Funnel for 24 bottles |
Technicap / PPS-6 |
2 |
Used to collect particles falling to the ocean floor; deployed on moorings or drift lines |
Weight |
Hydrodynamic depressors |
Kahlsico / |
2 |
Fixed on a cable, allows an instrument to sink more easily. |
Pulley |
Non-counter pulley; 8 '' diameter, cable 1/2 " |
|
1 |
Used to guide a cable carrying an equipment |
Pulley |
Non-counter pulley; 8 '' diameter, cable 3/16 " |
|
1 |
Used to guide a cable carrying an equipment |
Pulley |
Non-counter pulley; 12 '' diameter, cable 3/4 " |
Treuil Capital Safety / |
1 |
Used to guide a cable carrying an equipment |
Pulley |
Non-counter pulley; 14 '' diameter, cable 3/4 " |
Kahlsico / 254 WA 300-1 |
3 |
Used to guide a cable carrying an equipment |
Pulley |
Non-counter pulley; 16 '' diameter, cable 3/8 " |
Treuil Capital Safety / |
1 |
Used to guide a cable carrying an equipment |
Pulley |
Plastic Electronic Cable counting pulley; 6 '' diameter, cable 1/2 '' |
|
1 |
Indicates, by means of a cable counter, the unwound length of the instrument carrier cable. |
Pulley |
Cable counting pulley; diameter 8 '', cable 5/16 " |
|
2 |
Indicates, by means of a cable counter, the unwound length of the instrument carrier cable. |
Pulley |
Non-counter pulley; 3 '' diameter, cable 1/2 '' |
|
1 |
Used to guide a cable carrying an equipment |
Pulley |
Non-counter pulley; 4 '' diameter, cable 1/3 '' |
|
2 |
Used to guide a cable carrying an equipment |
Radiator |
4010 W Electric Auxiliary Heater |
Martin / 611-005 |
1 |
Helps to warm up a camp |
Radiator |
Electric Auxiliary Heater |
Seabreeze |
1 |
Helps to warm up a camp |
Radiator |
36 '' Electric Auxiliary Heater |
|
1 |
Helps to warm up a camp |
Radiator |
1000 W Electric Auxiliary Heater |
|
1 |
Helps to warm up a camp |
Radiator |
Propan Auxiliary Heater |
Wait Cie / Galaxie NW 15S |
2 |
Helps to warm up a camp |
Rosette Sampler |
Rosette including twelve 10 L Bottles |
General Oceanics / 1015 |
1 |
Used to sample water column |
Rosette Sampler |
Rosette with 3 bottles 1,7 to 8 L simultaniously closed by messenger |
Québec-Océan / Ros3-messenger |
1 |
Used to sample water column |
Ice Auger |
10 '' Drill (clockwise drills) |
Jiffy |
1 |
Used to drill the ice |
Ice Auger |
4 '' Drill (clockwise extensions) |
Jiffy |
1 |
Used to drill the ice |
Ice Auger |
5 ''Drill (clockwise drills) |
Jiffy |
1 |
Used to drill the ice |
Ice Auger |
5 '' Drill (clockwise extensions) |
Jiffy |
1 |
Used to drill the ice |
Ice Auger |
5 '' Drill (counterclockwise drills) |
Jiffy |
1 |
Used to drill the ice |
Ice Auger |
8 '' Drill (clockwise extensions) |
Jiffy |
1 |
Used to drill the ice |
Ice Auger |
8 '' Drill (counterclockwise drills) |
Jiffy |
8 |
Used to drill the ice |
Ice Auger |
8 '' Drill (counterclockwise extensions) |
Jiffy |
1 |
Used to drill the ice |
Ice Auger |
9 '' Drill (clockwise drills) |
Jiffy |
1 |
Used to drill the ice |
Ice Auger |
Blue Manual drill |
|
1 |
Used to drill the ice |
Ice Auger |
Ice auger with 2-stroke gasoline engine |
Jiffy / 30 |
2 |
Used to drill the ice |
Ice Auger |
Ice auger with 2-stroke gasoline engine |
Jiffy / 31 |
1 |
Used to drill the ice |
Ice Auger |
Ice auger with 2-stroke gasoline engine |
Jiffy / 50 |
1 |
Used to drill the ice |
Ice Auger |
Ice auger with 2-stroke gasoline engine |
Jiffy / 90 |
1 |
Used to drill the ice |
Tripods |
Aluminium Tripods |
Québec-Océan |
2 |
Used to deploy equipment from the ice surface |
Winch |
Winch 12 V, 2 500 lb |
Superwinch / Terra 25 |
1 |
Pulling or lifting equipment by means of a steel cable |
Winch |
Winch Portable Guildline model 8671-01, 24 V with a three conductive cable |
Guildline |
1 |
Used to deploy a CTD while receiving data in real time |
Winch |
Khalsico Gasoline winch, load capacity 350 lb, with 300 m of cable |
Khalsico |
1 |
Used to deploy different equipment in water |
winch |
Winch 240 V, load capacity 500 lb, with conductive cable |
Inter-Ocean / 2006-3 |
1 |
Used to deploy a CTD while receiving data in real time |
Sediment Trap |
Home made sediment trap, 150 mm diameter x 1 m long |
Québec-Océan |
4 |
Used to collect particles falling toward the ocean floor; deployed on moorings or drift lines |
Sensor |
Fluorometer for Chlorophyl a |
Seapoint |
1 |
Connected to a CTD it measures Chlorophyll a in water |
Sensor |
Turbidity sensor |
Seapoint |
1 |
Connected to a CTD, it measures turbidity in water |
Sensor |
Oxygen sensor |
Rockland Scientiic / Rinko 3 |
1 |
Connected to a CTD it measures oxygen in water |
Sensor |
PAR light sensor |
Biospherical / QSP-2300L |
1 |
Connected to a CTD it measures luminosity in water |
Net - Bucket |
50 micron Net Bucket |
Filmar |
|
To sample microplancton |
Current meter |
Nortek |
|
|
|
Current meter |
Nortek Awak AST 1MHz |
Nortek / Awak AST 1MHz |
|
Measures the speed and direction of oceanic current and height of waves in the water column up to 30m. |
Net - Bucket |
50 micron Net Bucket |
Filmar |
|
To sample microplancton |
CTD |
RBR Duet |
RBR / Duet T.D. wave16 |
|
Measure temperature, depth and wave height. Maximum depth 20m. |
Current meter |
Nortek ECO 1000 Sn 236 |
Nortek / ECO Profiler 1000 Sn 236 |
|
Measures the speed and direction of oceanic current in the water column up to 20m. / float and release |
Sampling bottle |
Échantillonneur de neige marine |
Q-O / 1701 |
|
home made 50 liters Marine snow catcher |
The loan or rental conditions vary according to the category of the borrower and according to the research project that is part of Quebec-Ocean's scientific program or not:
|
Borrower Category |
Project integrated into the scientific program |
Independent project |
|
Co-researcher |
No fees Maximum loan period of one year |
Monthly fees: 10% of the current value of the equipment Minimum loan fee = $2. Maximum rental period of 6 months. |
|
DFO Collaborator or government employee (federal or provincial) |
No fees Maximum loan period of one year |
|
|
University Collaborator |
Monthly fees: 5% of the current value of the equipment Minimum loan fee = $25. Maximum rental period of one year. |
|
|
Non-member |
|
Monthly fees: 20% of the current value of the equipment Minimum loan fee = $25. Maximum rental period of 6 months. |
At the time of loan or rental, the condition of the equipment must be reviewed by the equipment manager and the borrower.
If the borrower is not an employee of Université Laval, the borrower must take out an insurance policy for the equipment and provide official proof. The borrower is responsible for the costs of handling (dismantling, installation, re-installation), transportation, and use. The borrower must agree not to rent or lend the borrowed equipment to QuébecOcéan.
The equipment must be returned in the condition in which it was borrowed, at the borrower's expense. If these conditions are not met, Québec-Océan will not lend the equipment to the borrower.
Québec-Océan must be mentioned in the acknowledgments of the publications resulting from the loan.
If you have any questions, contact the technical manager of the equipment.
