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Our new MicroResp^TM software for automated microplate respirometry handles device communication, calibration, data acquisition, analysis and statistics – all in an intuitive and user-friendly way as shown in this video tutorial:

Feel free to ask us any questions about MicroResp™ or contact us about a quote.

You can find additional videos about our products in our video section.

Our new WitroxCTRL systems allow wireless monitoring, logging and control of water temperature and oxygen saturation in up to 24 independent tanks from a single computer.

The system comes with user-friendly software and all necessary hardware, except for a PC.

Features

•          Fiber optic oxygen sensing technology
•          Manage up to 24 independent tanks
•          WitroxCTRL software with intuitive user interface
•          Easy calibration
•          Choose any measuring unit
•          Create automated protocols (stat, steps, sinusoid, custom control)
•          Unbeaten accuracy and stability of oxygen and temperature sensing
•          Maintenance free operation
•          For use with full strength sea water or freshwater

Visit our website to learn more about the capabilities of the WitroxCTRL system. Feel free to contact us regarding a quote or if you have any questions about our new oxygen and temperature control system.

If you are using a Loligo^® swim tunnel for swim trials only (no O₂ measurements), our new AutoSwim software will automate water velocity control via a wireless Bluetooth device (DAQ-BT).

Our complete systems for swimming performance includes a swim tunnel, our new and user-friendly AutoSwim software and everything needed for automated water velocity control and calibration. Applications include:

• Ucrit tests
• Swimming behavior
• Forced exercise
• Swimming kinematics

As well as experiments requiring accurate and computerized control of activity level/swimming speed.

We offer a variety of mini, large and very large swim tunnels that are suitable for animals ranging in sizes from 1 g – 15 kg, and can withstand water velocities from 0.7 – 200 cm/s.

Feel free to contact us regarding a quote or if you have any questions about our complete systems for swimming performance.

In a new study, Dr. Xaymara Serrano from NOAA used a 200 µl microplate system to measure oxygen consumption in two species of Caribbean reef coral larvae. The team from the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory and the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, both in Miami, looked at the effects of multiple stressors on the performance of the larvae, and published the results in Coral Reefs including a detailed description on how they used the equipment to determine oxygen consumption rates in such minute organisms.

Full article:

Effects of thermal stress and nitrate enrichment on the larval performance of two Caribbean reef corals
Xaymara M. Serrano, Margaret W. Miller, James C. Hendee, Brittany A. Jensen, Justine Z. Gapayao, Christina Pasparakis, Martin Grosell, Andrew C. Baker (2017)
Coral Reefs

Link to article

Loligo^® Systems is a proud sponsor of the upcoming symposium Lessons from two high CO2 worlds - future oceans and intensive aquaculture taking place in São Miguel, Azores, 10 – 12 April 2018.

This symposium will bring together climate change and aquaculture scientists to stimulate discussion on the direction of future research priorities and mitigation strategies to alleviate negative impacts of high CO2 on future aquatic ecosystems and the sustainable production of fish, invertebrates and algae in aquaculture.

Read more about the symposium or book your place with an early bird booking on or before 3^rd of February 2018.

We present a new software called MicroResp™ for users of our microplate respirometry systems.

MicroResp™ is user-friendly software for Windows that will automate microplate respirometry, calculate and analyze respiration data, and get the most out of your oxygen microplate reader.

It replaces old and current programs entirely as this one piece of software handles device communication, calibration, data acquisition, analysis, and statistics.

Hence, this software will save you a lot of time for experiments and post-analysis, and provide more accurate oxygen and MO₂ data with a higher time resolution. 

Features

• Individual sensor spot calibration (2-points)
• Faster sampling rate (<5 sec)
• Randomize wells (control/treatment)
• Graph/Analyze data based on treatments
• Calculate respiration rates in real-time
• Compensate for background respiration
• Normalize oxygen values
• Operate multiple readers from a single PC
• Save data, graphs and statistics to Excel file

Feel free to ask us any questions about MicroResp™ or contact us about a quote.

Loligo^® Systems welcomes everyone to join us at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB). The event will take place at San Francisco Marriott Marquis on January 3^rd to January 7^th. We will man booth #202. Feel free to join us for a talk, product showcasing or just to say hello.

SICB 2018 is an educational and research forum for investigations of biology on a broad comparative scale. The meeting will include many symposia and special programs in addition to hundreds of contributed papers in divisional and topical sessions.

Read more about SICB 2018.

Dr. Björn Illing (JCU) and Murray Duncan (Rhodes University) both won early-career researcher prize money from Loligo^® during the 10^th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference in Tahiti; each brought home $500 as a result of their strong research within the fields of fish physiology.

Both early-career researchers presented their hard work during the Conservation Physiology of the Indo-Pacific Fishes: Facing problems and finding solutions session. One of the winners, Dr. Björn Illing, talked about ”How physiology can support the management and conservation of coral reef fishes” while the other winner, Murray Duncan, presented his findings on how “Marine protected areas provide species with physiological resilience to the impacts of climate change”. The winners can be seen smiling on the picture of this article.

We wish Dr. Björn Illing and Murray Duncan all the best for their future research careers.

By courtesy of Dr. Jodie Rummer.

We have launched a new Bluetooth device, DAQ-BT, for wireless control of Loligo^® swim tunnels for a much lower price than before!

The DAQ-BT allows for automated velocity data acquisition and control, and is fully compatible with our AutoSwim software for automated swim tunnel control, AutoResp™ software for intermittent respirometry and the Bluetooth power strip.

The wireless Bluetooth communication enables you to have your swim tunnel setup at a safe distance to your PC. No more tripping over wires, zero water splish-splashes on your PC and no need to use a grounded stationary desktop PC; the DAQ-BT can run straight from your laptop.

Most importantly, the Bluetooth technology allows you to connect multiple DAQ-BT to one Windows computer and thus operate multiple swim tunnels from a single laptop PC.

We hope that the new DAQ-BT controller will become a useful assistant in your swim tunnel work. Feel free to let us know how you use your DAQ-BT.